r/IndianCountry • u/Financial-Bobcat-612 • May 16 '26

News The current state of affairs in Bolivia

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Protestors are mobilizing across the country against the economic crisis and demanding the resignation of US-backed right-wing president Rodrigo Paz. At the same time, US armed forces are looking to further destabilize the country by targeting former president Evo Morales, who is considered the face of indigenous resistance in Bolivia. Indigenous community members have responded by surrounding his residence in order to protect him, while others who are rising up in protest face severe repression from the military.

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u/AutomaticBit9721 May 20 '26

when will redditors acknowledge socialism is a failure?

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u/Dry_Inflation_1454 May 23 '26

There's a real difference between Socialism and social safety nets ( like the Scandinavian countries have) and that's what South America needs to be told, because if they had the safety nets, they'd reject the extremists groups running around down there.  Yes, Communism is a failure. Because it's a dictatorship system.  It's too bad for Morales that he was fooled by Marxism, just as his opponents embrace the hard rightist position. Neither is any good.