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Demonstrators march in support of the Luis Arce government, in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
BOLIVIAN President Luis Arce and Vice-President David Choquehanca marched today at the head of a “demonstration for democracy” showcasing support for the socialist government.
The huge mobilisation, which organisers hoped would exceed a million people, was called in response to “destabilisation attempts” by the opposition, including a series of “strikes” ordered by the right-wing administration in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s biggest city.
Santa Cruz’s governor is Luis Fernando Camacho, a Christian fundamentalist who helped storm the presidential palace during the military coup of 2019.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
