Vientos de rebelión en América Latina: movimientos sociales anticapitalistas en la República de Bolivia

Abstract

In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Latin America was agitatedby the organisation of various social movements which spread throughoutthis vast continent. At the beginning, these collective actions resisted the brutal expansion of neoliberal capitalist policies, but later turned into formsof political struggle which collided with the state. Social movements in theRepublic of Bolivia combine a people’s tradition, culture and identity, indefence of rights. At this critical juncture of the state, the submissive roleusually assigned to the indigenous majority was disrupted by the coca leaderEvo Morales’ coming into power as president of the country.