comment on Bolivia's recent recall referendum

There's a fairly comprehensive article about the recent referendum can be found here. It's put out by Upside Down World, an outfit with which I'm not familiar, but which looks sufficiently reliable at first glance for me to sign up for their free newsletter. (Their site also has an article about recent issues in Peru, which I haven't looked at yet but which is also likely to be relevant.)

I know that some of you, whose interests are more narrowly environmental than narrowly political, may think that my posts are getting too heavily into social science. It's obviously my natural inclination, but I should stress that the course itself will strike a balance between the two "narrow" views. Indeed, arriving at a "broader" understanding of the issues is one of our main goals.

So... let me encourage those of you who wouldn't normally "follow politics", to read articles such as the one mentioned above. If you want to follow events in the Bolivian Amazon, some such background (and, of course, other perspectives may be equally valid) is indeed essential.