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Resource Radicals with Thea Riofrancos

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The Commodity Boom in Latin America

Your book is about this intera left conflict over mining that was really a central political conflict throughout cureas time in office. To what extent did these sorts of conflicts over resource extraction emerge in other pink tide countries? And to the extent that they did not, why not? You there are all these diferent factors at play ecuador had a powerful indigenous movement, in contrast to, say, venezuela. But bolivia also had a massive indigenous movement. And environmental conflict waswhat was a feature, but i don't think a defining theme of morali's conflict with this base. I think it's both exemplary and unique.

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