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23 Brown J. World Aff. 77 (2016)
A Populism of Indignities: Bolivian Populism under Evo Morales

handle is hein.journals/brownjwa23 and id is 77 raw text is: A Populism of Indignities: Bolivian Populism Under Evo Morales MARTEN BRIENEN Lecturer, Department of Political Science Oklahoma State University To THE CASUAL OBSERVER, THE era of Bolivian president Juan Evo Morales Ayma has been a story of great achievement. His election in 2005 was hailed by both the global and regional left as nothing short of a triumph for socialism and environmentalism, and it was celebrated as the coming-of-age of the Bolivian indigenous movement.' He could hardly have been more appealing: unortho- dox in his choice of clothing-refusing, for example, to wear a tie-and railing 77 against U.S. imperialism, this once-poor cocalero (coca farmer) of decidedly modest birth promised to break with the political status quo and bring about social justice for the downtrodden.2 Moreover, for the first time since the brutal conquest perpetrated by Francisco Pizarro, a member of the historically oppressed indigenous majority would rule Bolivia, promising to follow the indigenous traditions of communalism and respect for Mother Nature. It cannot be denied that in the decade since Morales' inauguration in 2006, Bolivia has gone through an uninterrupted period of economic growth and relative political stability.' Moreover, it has done so even as prices for natu- ral gas-the country's most important export-have plummeted, and several members of Morales' left-leaning cohort (members of the so-called pink tide MARTEN BRIENEN received his PhD from the University of Amsterdam. He served on the faculty of the University of Miami between 2005 and 2013, serving as the Director of Latin American Studies programs from 2011 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Political Sci- ence at Oklahoma State University. He has focused his attention primarily on the Andean countries, and more specifically on Bolivia. His research has included work on the role of indigenous peoples in Andean history and politics, on drug trafficking, and on energy security. He would argue that those themes all touch on an underlying theme of weak state institutions. Copyright © 2016 by the Brown Journal of WorldAffairs FALL/WINTER 2016 - VOLUME XXIII, ISSUE I

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