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MEDIA INDIGENA 237

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Bolivia INDÍGENA / MI 237

ON THIS WEEK'S ROUNDTABLE:

Bolivia for Beginners: Imagine what it would be like to live in a country where roughly half the population is Indigenous, said to be the highest such proportion in all of South America. Imagine too that, for over a decade, your president was himself Indigenous. Well, in Bolivia, that’s been the reality—and a fascinating one at that. A reality we delve into further with a special guest who’s written extensively about the ways in which Indigenous-led social movements have dramatically and fundamentally altered the mainstream political landscape.

Joining host/producer Rick Harp this week are roundtable regular Brock Pitawanakwat, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at York University, and Carwil Bjork-James, author of The Sovereign Street: Making Revolution in Urban Bolivia.

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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

• "The World Factbook: Bolivia" CIA

• Indigenous peoples in Bolivia IWGIA

• "The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia" Common Dreams

• "Bolivia in the age of extractivism (a field report)" Carwil without Borders

• "Bibles at the Barricades: How the Right Seized Power in Bolivia" Common Dreams

• "Evo Morales’s Chaotic Departure Won’t Define His Legacy" Foreign Policy

• "Evo Morales Was the Americas’ Greatest President" Jacobin

• "U.S., Canada side with fanatical coup regime in Bolivia" CCPA

• "Ballots Defeat Bullets: MAS Wins Historic Mandate in Post-Coup Bolivian Election" Common Dreams

• "Bolivia’s Indigenous Masses Have Changed the Course of History" Jacobin

• "Bolivia’s election result is a major blow to Trudeau’s foreign policy" Canadian Dimension