Question

explain the anti imperialist movement of Bolivia.

Answer 1

President Evo Morales singing Bolivia’s national anthem. (Juan Karita / AP)

Bolivian President Evo Morales has made the bold move of opening a new “anti-imperialist” military academy where up to 200 cadets will be trained in history, geopolitics and military strategy to counter U.S. policies and military influence in Latin America.

“If the empire teaches domination of the world from its military schools, we will learn from this school to free ourselves from imperial oppression,” Morales said at the inauguration of the Juan Jose Torres Anti-Imperialist Commando School on Wednesday

We want to build anti-colonial and anti-capitalist thinking with this school that binds the armed forces to social movements and counteracts the influence of the School of the Americas that always saw the indigenous as internal enemies,” Morales said. His audience included the defense ministers of Venezuela and Nicaragua.

The Juan Jose Torres after whom the school is named was a leftist and Bolivia’s de facto president in 1970-71. He expelled the U.S. Peace Corps for allegedly sterilizing indigenous women. Morales is Bolivia’s first indigenous president.