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Thursday Oct 8th 2020<\/span><\/div>\n
6:00pm–<\/span>8:00pm<\/div>\n
Online<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) present a panel discussion with journalist Linda Farthing and Pablo Sol\u00f3n, (Director of Fundacion Solon and Former Bolivian Ambassador to the UN) on the upcoming elections in Bolivia. Moderated by Bret Gustafson (Washington University in St. Louis).<\/p>\n

About the Event:<\/b><\/p>\n

Bolivians face the deepest political, economic, and public health crisis in recent history. On top of the tumultuous ouster\/resignation of Evo Morales\u2019 government in late 2019, the 2020 Covid19 pandemic has both revealed and critically deepened inequalities along ethnic\/racial, class, gender, and urban\/rural lines. The right-wing interim government of Janine A\u00f1ez which seized power after Morales\u2019 ouster (for some his flight\/huida) quickly shifted policy rightward, furthering the erosion of basic human rights and democracy. By declaring herself a presidential candidate, A\u00f1ez also reneged on promises to not seek power. The interim government has weaponized and used the public health pandemic to postpone elections and deepen pre-existing inequalities through the continuation of socially regressive policies, criminalization of dissent, and the acceleration of ecocide, partly inherited from the previous administration. Today an even more dangerous cycle of forest fires looms deep in the Chiquitania and Amazonian regions revealing the scars of ecological destruction caused by deforestation.<\/p>\n

Elections will be held in 2020 but it remains unclear how any political outcome – democratic or not – is sustainable.\u00a0 In addition to the devastating social and public health crisis, a full-blown political crisis has erupted. This panel brings together two experts from distinct walks of life and fields of study and activism to reflect upon this period of transition.\u00a0 We will ask our speakers to look back and forward. Looking back we will ask them how do they narrate and assess the end of Morales’ 14 years of power? What were some of the conditions that led to the downfall of Morales (historic, political and economic)? And what are the legacies of those 14 years? As we project forward: What are the possible outcome scenarios of the upcoming elections? What are the key outlines and dynamics in the crisis of politics and the state, and the state of play among Bolivia\u2019s once robust social movements? How can we envision a more just future for Bolivia?<\/p>\n

About the Speakers:<\/b><\/p>\n

Linda Farthing<\/b>\u00a0is a journalist and researcher who has co-authored three books on Bolivia. She has written for the Guardian, the Economist, Al Jazeera, Inter-American Dialogue, and The Nation<\/p>\n

Pablo Sol\u00f3n<\/b>\u00a0is a social and environmental activist and former ambassador for the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations (2009-June 2011). As Ambassador to the UN, Sol\u00f3n spearheaded successful resolutions on the Human Right to Water, International Mother Earth Day, Harmony with Nature, and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He was the chief negotiator for Climate Change of Bolivia and helped organize the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (April 2010). Sol\u00f3n was the Executive Director of Focus on the Global South in Asia (2012-2015) and currently is the Director of Fundaci\u00f3n Sol\u00f3n – Bolivia<\/p>\n

Bret Gustafson<\/b>\u00a0(Moderator) teaches anthropology at Washington University in St Louis.\u00a0 He is the author of two books on Bolivia, most recently Bolivia in the Age of Gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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