Bolivian Revolts

Bolivian Revolts, Coups ( * from Armed Conflict Events Data site)

• Bolivian Popular Revolt 1946 *
• Bolivian MNR Coup 1949 *
• Bolivian Military Coup 1951 *
• Bolivian MNR Revolution 1952 *
• VP Coup: Bolivia 1964 *

• United States and the Bolivian Sea Coast  Lengthy online book (print is not the easiest to read) but it is a source of detail of the events and relations with the US over the Bolivian "coastline" with updates to the present and references to documents throughout.
• Bolivia and the United States: A Limited Partnership. Long, clear review of the Kenneth D. Lehman book by David Sheinin.

 

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5. Military Rule and Banzer 

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• Military Regime in Bolivia brief, illustrated left wing account - but remember to turn off the music...
• Revolutionary Nationalism: Ovando and Torres from Country Studies
• New president sworn in, US cuts military aid From Weekly News Update on the Americas, 10 August, 1997. Re President Banzer's background and associations.
• Bolivia--A Country Study  Links to key sections:
  • Military Rule, 1964-82
  • The Presidency of Barrientos
  • Revolutionary Nationalism: Ovando and Torres
  • The Banzer Regime Transition to Democracy

• Hugo Banzer Former president and dictator of Bolivia who headed a brutal military regime. Biography by Phil Gunson in the London Guardian
• Hugo Banzer, Former Bolivia President, 75 Obituary from Deathwatch
• Profile of Hugo Banzer Suárez ... One of the better web based biographies.

Bolivian Revolts, Coups ( * from Armed Conflict Events Data site)

• VP Coup: Bolivia 1964 *
• Bolivian Workers' Uprising 1965 *
• Catavi-Siglo Massacre: Bolivia 1967 *
• ELN Insurgency: Bolivia 1967 *
• Bolivian Rightist Revolt 1971 *

Final campaign of Che Guevara, 1967

• Chronology of Che in Bolivia be patient - it takes ages to load, but is very thorough.
• The Death of Che Guevara 9 October 1967 From the US NSA and includes:  Declassified Documents    The Death of Che Guevara: A Chronology
• End of a Myth. Gustavo Villoldo, the Man Who Buried Che  From Miami Herald, Sept 1997
• The Burial Ground of Che Guevara Por Carlos A. Lozano Guillin, in People's Weekly World, 6 January, 1996. Article about the search for the remains of Che Guevara
• Bones of Cuban activist 'Che' Guevara to get hero's burial, 11 Oct 1997 account from CNN
• The Exhumation of Carlos Coello, "El Tuma"
• Che Guevara legacy lives on in Bolivia  Motorcycle Diaries creates a Che trail.... BBC

 

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6. Modern Bolivia 

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Economy and labour

• Bolivian General Strike! From Bolivian Union Solidarity Committee. 23 April, 1995. Martial law response to general strike called because of neoliberalism.
• Alternative Nourishment Models Demanded to Combat Widespread Malnutrition By Fiorella Calderon. GAMA Newsletter, 4 October, 1995. Re mounting poverty due to government neoliberal policies.
• Workers battle privatization Workers World, 11 April, 1996. Wave of strikes that began March 11, 1996, against privatization plans.
• Summary of Christmas Massacre 30 December, 1996. Confrontation between miners and police due to Vista Gold Corporation mines claiming Indian land.
• Cochabamba Water Revolt, 1998-2003, from PBS. Excellent site with links to current activists and parties.
• New Statesman: Bravado in Bolivia: the nation Che failed to lead ...
  Full text of the article from New Statesman