Sociology Ph.D. Political & Urban Sociology, Law & Society, Violence, Latin America. Most tweets in Spanish & on Bolivian politics. From #Potosí, #Bolivia.
Oct 23, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
This is an indisputable victory for the #MAS. They have recovered from a major crisis within only a year and obtained their highest vote ever - almost 3.4 million, surpassing the 3.1m votes of 2014 when they obtained 61%. 1/ erbol.com.bo/nacional/c%C3%…
It seems that the large margin between the 1st and the 2nd can be explained by around 450 thousand votes that migrated from Mesa to the MAS this year. Like in 2019, around 16% didn't vote for neither of them. 2/
Nov 12, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
#Bolivia Lots of questions about whether if this was a coup or not seem to have ended in a part of the international audience accepting it as such because of the role played by the army. The army's suggestion to Morales' to resign is being read as coercion to do so. /1
Granted, hard to avoid such a conclusion when looking at history. However, it seems important to highlight the events that shaped the army's 'suggestion' to Morales and the moment in which it took place to get a broader sense of the situation. /2
