controversy continues to surround how to best use
On June 24, Coca growers in
At the same time, regional support for the Morales administration’s policies is on the rise.
Lula and Chavez recently pledged to collectively contribute $530 million dollars to help with the development of highways linking
Back in Sicaya, where Morales said he would return to coca farming if he lost the recall vote, the president stated that now, "the vote serves not only to name authorities, but also to revoke their mandate. We are talking about expanding democracy." Yet recent history shows that democracy in
Benjamin Dangl is the author of "The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia," (AK Press, 2007). He is the editor of TowardFreedom.com, a progressive perspective on world events, and UpsideDownWorld.org, a website on activism and politics in