Analysis: Bolivia vote suggests pandemic may fuel populism in Latin America

LA PAZ/BUENOS AIRES - A landslide win by Bolivia’s socialist party at weekend elections may herald a year of dramatic shifts in Latin American politics as the painful economic impact of the pandemic discredits incumbents and fuels demand for change.

With Latin America one of the hardest-hit regions in terms of COVID-19 deaths and impact on economic growth, analysts said the outcome in Bolivia could mark a shift towards populism as more elections loom in 2021. The pandemic’s economic fallout will leave Latin American governments burdened by crippling deficits and facing angry demands from voters for action on poverty and public services, said Benjamin Gedan, director of the Wilson Center’s Argentina Project in Washington.

And in Ecuador, which will hold presidential elections in February, unions will lead protests against an IMF deal on Thursday, commemorating a wave of protests last year that forced conservative President Lenin Moreno to abandon fuel subsidy cuts.

haha yeah, sure, keep trying assholes

BULL SHIT! and, you're slandering liars, this BULLSHIT is just another smear campaign against socialism b/c murderous capitalist slave owners FEAR socialism b/c it's SUPERIOR 2 the ENSLAVING CHAINS of capitalism.

This headline is awful

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Ah, yeah, whip out the scary epithets for when the brownies make choices ya don't like. Like clockwork.

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Oh no 'populism' that magical disease wherein the US can't easily destabilize the governments of brown people

Jeez guys, it's the return of democracy, and you guys are acting like it's the Pink Flag song named after you

Populism is being used as a scary word for 'country being controlled by its own citizens', isn't it?

Wow I read the whole article and this article does not mention the Bolivian coup once! What a staggering omission

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