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Indigenous Movements in the Andes: The Discourse of Revolution

Ecuador and Bolivia have produced the two most powerful indigenous movements in Latin America and – along with Venezuela – two of the region’s three self-described “socialist revolutions” of the twenty-first century.

Date & Time

Monday
May. 20, 2013
2:00pm – 4:00pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

Please note, there was no video recording of this event. Please stay tuned for the audio podcast, to be posted here.

Ecuador and Bolivia have produced the two most powerful indigenous movements in Latin America and—along with Venezuela—two of the region’s three self-described “socialist revolutions” of the twenty-first century. Indigenous movements in both countries have mobilized millions through the development of powerful discourses of social transformation and images of utopian futures that challenge fundamental assumptions of Western modernity.

University of Michigan Professor of Sociology Jeffery Paige, a current Wilson Center Fellow, discussed his comparative study of the discourse of indigenous revolution in Bolivia and Ecuador, based on interviews with indigenous leaders in both countries. The panel also featured Ecuadoran expert Carmen Martínez, Director of the Latin American Studies Program at University of Kentucky, and Bolivia expert Kevin Healy, Bolivia Representative at the Inter-American Foundation.

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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more

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