Bolivia’s Crisis Is About More Than Evo Morales
Current unrest reflects fractured political alliances and broader social changes, with existential implications for President Rodrigo Paz.
LA PAZ – As Bolivia enters its fourth week of roadblocks and protests, this city feels strangely empty. Fresh food has become scarce. Prices for chicken, eggs, and other essential food items have skyrocketed. While Bolivians are accustomed to cycles of social conflict, the duration and intensity of the current unrest are severe even by local standards. Outside Bolivia, there is a tendency to interpret this crisis through familiar narratives: right-left polarization, the country’s perennial instability, and above all the role of Evo Morales, the president from 2006-19 who remains...
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