Laurence Blair and Dan Collyns, The Guardian: Evo Morales: indigenous leader who changed Bolivia but stayed too long
The son of llama herders was a coca farmer before transforming his country during 14 years in office but his personalised rule was a fatal weakness
The meteoric political journey of Evo Morales came to an end – for now, at least – right where it started: in a steamy jungle region of central Bolivia.
It was in El Chapare that Morales cut his teeth in the 1980s, helping organise his fellow coca farmers against US-backed efforts to eradicate the raw ingredient of cocaine.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 15, 2019
Latin America Is Too Polarized to Help Stabilize Bolivia -- Oliver Stuenkel, Foreign Policy
Why Bolivian Politics Suddenly Matters to Putin -- Leonid Bershidsky, Moscow Times
Five Lessons From the New Arab Uprisings -- Georges Fahmi, Chatham House
Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC -- Eric Edelman & David J. Kramer, American Interest
Erdogan may have scored pyrrhic victory in Washington -- Ömer Taşpınar, Asia Times
Hong Kong: 'For the protesters, this is a kind of end game' -- Helena Kaschel, DW
Highway blockade reveals splits in Hong Kong protest movement -- Jessie Pang and Kate Lamb, Reuters
Sri Lanka: Minorities fear return of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in presidential election -- Amanda Coakley, DW
Does Trump want to take US troops out of Korea? -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Can Sudan and South Sudan find friendship? -- Daniel Pelz, DW
Change of guard as Velvet Revolution turns 30? -- Tim Gosling, Al Jazeera
Climate change, human activity rub salt into Venice's wounds -- Giselda Vagnoni, Reuters
France Tried Soaking the Rich. It Didn't Go Well. -- Noah Smith, Bloomberg
Chile agrees to hold referendum on constitution: 5 things to know -- Sandra Cuffe, Al Jazeera
Inside Chile's unprecedented protest movement -- France 24