[Marxism] Problems In Bolivia

["Robert H. Jackson" <academicanarchist@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is occurring today in Bolivia has happened many times in recent
history. I lived in Cochabamba fro a year from 1986-1987, and a month after
I arrived the tin miners from Oruro were marching on La Paz, and the U.S.
supported president imposed a state of siege. Bolivia is one of the poorest
countries in Latin America that is run by a rapacious and utterly corrupt
oligarchy that has bent over to be done by the United States for a few
silver coins. In 1985, inflation ran 25,000%, and the exchange rate that had
been 25 to the dollar in 1982 reached 2,000,000 to the dollar. Most
Bolivians saw any savings they had wiped out, and those with connections
openly traded dollars in a form of arbitrage. Mamami is a typical indigenous
name, and the large indigenous population of the country has been exploited
the most.

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