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- Title
Indigeneidad en la política exterior de Bolivia en el gobierno de Evo Morales (2006-2014).
- Authors
QUEREJAZU ESCOBARI, AMAYA
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the inclusion of "indigenidad" in Bolivia's foreign policy during the government of Evo Morales. It argues that indigenidad is used at least for two purposes: first, to justify a rather revisionist --even subversive- position of the country regarding issues of the international agenda in order to propose an alternative to the neoliberal model from the perspective of indigenous worldviews, such as "suma qamaña". Second, indigenidad is used as a constitutive factor for identity that, in turn, is not necessarily conceived for the international level, but for domestic audiences, too. The first part of the article contextualizes the process of change and transformation of the country since Morales became president (in what year?), in order to assess the purpose of the use of indigenidad. The second part analyzes Bolivia's "indigenous" foreign policy. The overall conclusion is that Bolivia's foreign policy is the result of a tension between revisionism and pragmatism.
- Subjects
BOLIVIA; INDIGENISM; BOLIVIAN politics &; government; BOLIVIAN national character; NATIONAL interest; SOCIAL life &; customs of indigenous peoples of South America; INDIGENOUS peoples of Bolivia; QUALITY of life; TWENTY-first century; CIVILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Desafíos, 2015, Vol 27, Issue 1, p159
- ISSN
0124-4035
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12804/desafios27.01.2015.05