Defending Democracy from the Streets in Bolivia

Bolivian journalist Fernando Molina on the racist roots of Bolivia’s right-wing 2019 coup and how the country’s movements defended democracy from the streets.

Journalist Fernando Molina in La Paz, Bolivia. Photo by Benjamin Dangl.

Armored trucks and rogue military officers filled La Paza’s central Plaza Murillo once again this past June in a failed coup attempt against Bolivian President Luis Arce. This right-wing effort at seizing power harkened back to 2019, when another coup...