Evo Morales's Influence on Bolivian Social Movements

Social Movements

Evo Morales’s influence on Bolivian social movements

Social movements have a great impact on the world nowadays. All the countries had suffered the act of social movements, but some countries experienced something beyond it, not just the act of social movement in search of change or acceptation, but civil wars and deaths of innocent people too. Countries where the corruption is present tend to be the ones that have more of this kind of things, because people are looking for acceptance, human rights, and social equality.

The country I come from is a clear example of all the characteristics I’ve named. Bolivia is known for being a revolutionary country. Its history shows us how Bolivian citizens reached goals by the social movements, how they fought for a change, and how they were abused towards the years. Bolivia faced violation of human rights since the Spanish colonized the country, being exploited and slaved.

The nightmare was supposed to be over when Evo Morales (Actual president) postulated for president in 2002. It was a surprise to have an indigenous postulant for president, but the majority of Bolivian citizens felt identified with him because he was known to be a leader of social movements and a revolutionary socialist. He lost the elections in 2002, but in 2005 he came back for revenge on the reelection and he won it. Here is where the controversies started. It appeared to be the end of suffering for some Bolivians, but the beginning of a nightmare for others.

History

Evo morales was born in a mining village, his used to farm to win a little bit of money. Among the crops they grew was “Coca”, which is used on the production of cocaine but is also a traditional crop in the region. Morales started h...

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...s hard to believe that one person could organize a protest against himself. Morales maybe is not the worst president in the world, but he is not as good as it seems. People say that success is seen by results, but sometimes you need to know what they have really done to get those results. In South America almost all the people know that Bolivia is one of the countries that most import drug to the neighbor countries and Europe. It is also known because the drug trafficking is one of the things that gives money to the country, making the rich people more rich, and the poor more poor.

Researching and writing this paper helped me to have a different point of view about the actuality of my country and how most the social movements are not social at all. Before writing this paper I knew just a few things about this topic, but now I know the reality that we are facing.