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May 10, 2008

Bolivia: What does Santa Cruz want?

Forrest Hylton: Santa Cruz state leadership and armed street gangs are overtly racist (part two)

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Hylton says that the leadership of the Bolivian state of Santa Cruz wants to create a system of "autonomy" that amounts to secession. They oppose Morales' reforms and overtly call for the 'leadership' of light skinned people over the indigenous peoples.

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Forrest Hylton is the author of Evil Hour in Colombia (Verso, 2006), and with Sinclair Thomson, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons: Past and Present in Bolivian Politics (Verso, 2007). He is a regular contributor to New Left Review and NACLA Report on the Americas.

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Jason 2008-05-10

I don't think the Succession will or can succeed at all! They simply don't have the international support or the internal resources to go up against the Morale's government. Some neo-fascist thugs simply won't cut it... It's only a matter of time. =D