Crisis in Bolivia: authoritarianism and resistance, disputes over legitimacy
On Monday, June 22, in a virtual format, the international meeting “ Crisis in Bolivia: authoritarianism and resistance, disputes for legitimacy ” was organized, a discussion that proposed a space for critical reflection on the current Bolivian situation.
Participated:
Amanda Frías (Sociologist, researcher and professor at the Bolivian Private University; Master's student at FLACSO-Ecuador).
Carlos Macusaya (Social communicator, author specializing in identity, power and radicalization in Bolivia).
Fernando Aguilar placeholder image (Political scientist and lawyer, researcher at CEPLAG-UMSS and doctoral candidate in Social Sciences and Humanities)
Coordinated and moderated by: Valeria Prudencio Lara (Lawyer, Master's student in Political Sociology, FLACSO-Ecuador).
Organized by: the CLACSO Working Group “Violence, authoritarianism and democratic security policies”, the Center for Planning and Management (CEPLAG), “ University Political Reality ” and “ Generating Critical Awareness ”.
The meeting addressed the reconfiguration of the popular political field, the struggle for state legitimacy, and the emergence of new political actors. Through an interdisciplinary and Latin American perspective, it analyzed current antagonisms, conflicting narratives, and their implications for democratic frameworks, forms of collective action, and the country's political horizons.
