for months i've been trying to understand the autonomy referendums in bolivia in a more than superficial way. i've had a hard time finding english language news coverage or other writing about the situation, though, that does more than say, "oh, these people in santa cruz want more autonomy from their government." and despite my efforts, what i've found in spanish i haven't been able to understand beyond that.
but today i found a great write up on New American Media, called The Rise of Food Fascism: Coup in Bolivia, which does a great job of explaining the referendums and what they actually mean, and connecting it to world politics, neoliberal economic policies put in place in the 80s, agrarian reform, and what's happened in the agribusiness world since then.
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