Bolivia

Created
Wed, 21/06/2023 - 06:58

In my latest article (open access) for Review of International Studies I examine Indigenous resistance to neo-extractive development in Latin America and ask what this means for International Relations (IR). I contend that Indigenous resistance can disrupt traditional thinking in IR via an ‘insurrection of subjugated knowledge’.

The post Challenging the Coloniality of Space in International Relations appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).

Created
Mon, 23/01/2023 - 02:04

Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy ministers to discuss “investments”. Europe is importing Peruvian LNG to replace Russian energy.

The post Peru’s Natural Resources: CIA-Linked US Ambassador Meets With Mining and Energy Ministers to Talk ‘Investments’ appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Created
Sat, 07/01/2023 - 06:49

This is the eleventh in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover make […]

The post Red Herrings: Escobari and Hoover’s Geographic Controls and Common Trends Add Nothing appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.

Created
Sat, 17/12/2022 - 03:36

This is the tenth in a series of blog posts addressing a report by Diego Escobari and Gary Hoover covering the 2019 presidential election in Bolivia. Their conclusions do not hold up to scrutiny, as we observe in our report Nickels Before Dimes. Here, we expand upon various claims and conclusions that Escobari and Hoover […]

The post Escobari and Hoover Make an Improper Comparison to 2016, Invalidating Their “Difference-in-Difference” Estimates appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.