Human Wrongs Watch
17 October 2019 (teleSUR)* — Bolivia faced a political and humanitarian crisis when leftist President Evo Morales was first elected in 2005. Since then, the country has [20 October 2019]undergone profound changes, but what faces the country if Morales loses Sunday’s elections, and the country returns to those who governed during the neoliberal period?
A look at Bolivia’s opposition candidates provide insight into that question, so too does examining the current fates of countries like Ecuador and Argentina that threw out progressive governments to elect neoliberals, which is what Bolivia’s right-wing is offering today.
The two main opposition candidates, Carlos Mesa and Oscar Ortiz represent two traditions within Bolivia’s right.
On the one hand, Mesa, a former head of state himself who presided during the country’s neoliberal past, invited in the United States military to establish bases in Bolivia during his term.
HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 