Bolivia: Reclaiming Hope — Poster of the Week

Bolivia—150 Years of Struggle for its Liberation
  Comite Boliviano La Defensa De La Soberania; Los Recursos Naturales Y La Paz
  Offset, 1975
  Mexico
  18810

1825: Bolivia became independent from Spain
  1975: Elections replaced military rule
 
 Bolivia held their presidential elections over the weekend, resulting in a win for Luis Arce, the candidate for Evo Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). This MAS victory overturned the right-wing U.S./OAS golpe de estado (coup d’etat) that ousted Morales in November 2019 and installed Jeanine Áñez as president. Securing more than 50% of the vote, this twice-postponed election is a victory for the Bolivian Socialist movement.
 
 Arce, who was the former finance minister under Morales, said “We have reclaimed democracy and above all we have reclaimed hope.”
 
 Sources:
 
 “A Blow Against Neoliberalism”: Socialist Wins Bolivian Election a Year After Coup Ousted Evo Morales
 
 Bolivia election: Evo Morales's leftwing party celebrates stunning comeback