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STATEMENT ON BOLIVA
by the SPUSA International Commission - June, 2008
The Socialist Party USA expresses its solidarity with
the workers, campesinos and indigenous communities of
Bolivia who are struggling to create a new vibrant
socialist project in their country. The possibilities
of achieving such a goal were greatly accelerated by
the election in 2005 of the government of Evo Morales,
representative of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)
party. Now, two years into Morales' first term, the
MAS government faces serious challenges from the right
delivered in the form of a movement for "autonomy"
coming from a bastion of the old oligarchy in Santa
Cruz.
The historical legacy and theoretical traditions of
socialism make it difficult to publicly declare
opposition to a genuine movement for autonomyread more »