[2012, Jeffery R Webber] In the two and a half months that passed between mid-August and late October of this year, the Bolivian government of Evo Morales entered into its worst crisis to date.2 From a high of 70 percent popularity in January 2010, Morales had plunged by mid-October 2011 to an average 35 percent approval rating across the major cities of La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz.3 The president’s green light to a decades-old project to build a highway connecting Villa Tunari (in the department of Cochabamba) north to San Ignacio de Moxos (in the department of Beni), through the indige- nous territory and national park known as TIPNIS (Territorio Indígena del Parque Nacional Isiboro-Sécure), was the catalyst of crisis in this instance.

Autor: Jeffery R Webber

Fecha: 2012

Palabras clave: TIPNIS, PROGRESO, REVOLUCIÓN, CLASES, CONTRADICCIONES, INGLÉS

Código: ACA-ARTC-WEBBER-00026-2012 (enlace al documento)