Kuchokera kumpoto kwa Africa kupita ku Wisconsin, omenyera ufulu wawo akuyenda m'malo atsopano a ziwonetsero zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso maubwenzi ndi maboma awo. Kaya mukuchotsa olamulira ankhanza akale kapena pothana ndi ogwirizana nawo atsopano paudindo, chitsanzo cha Bolivia chili ndi maphunziro ambiri pazamagulu amagulu. Zowonetsera zikuchitika tsopano m'dziko lino la Andes komwe mayendedwe amalamulira nyumba yachifumu ya boma, ndipo Purezidenti wakumanzere Evo Morales akuti "amalamulira pomvera anthu." Koma nthawi zina anthu samupatsa kusankha kwina.
Tsiku lotsatira Khrisimasi chaka chatha, pomwe Morales anali ku Venezuela, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Alvaro Garcia Linera adalengeza kuti, monga njira yochepetsera ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito, ndalama zothandizira gasi zidzachepetsedwa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu aku Bolivia akwere pafupifupi 73%. Ku Bolivia komwe kulibe ndalama, komwe anthu ambiri amakhala osauka, njira yochepetsera ndalamayi idayenera kubadwa makamaka pamisana ya osauka.
Zomwe zidachitika mu ndondomekoyi zidadabwitsa ndikukwiyitsa kwambiri dziko. Wothirira ndemanga pa ndale ku Bolivia Rafael Bautista analemba kuti kukwera kwa mtengo wa gasi kumatsatira malingaliro a neoliberal omwewo monga a Morales omwe amatsogolera kumanja, kuvomereza lingaliro lakuti "kuti tikhale ndi ndalama zambiri tiyenera kupereka nsembe kwa omwe alibe kalikonse ..." Bautista anapitiriza, "koma ndani amakhazikitsa mitengoyi. ? Si osauka, ndi msika. Mucikozyanyo, mfwulumende yakali kumvwa kumsika kubantu, ciindi cisyoonto eeci ncaakali kukonzya kulipilwa a โnzala yamuuyaโ.
Kusunthaku kunawonetsanso kulimbana kwa zaka makumi ambiri kwa anthu kuti agwiritse ntchito zachilengedwe kuti apindule dziko. Dziko la Bolivia lili ndi malo osungiramo gasi aakulu kwambiri ku South America, ndipo Morales mwiniwakeyo analowetsedwa pampando chifukwa cha zionetsero zokakamiza kuti gasi atengeke ndi dziko lawo komanso kuti anthu ambiri azipeza zinthu zachilengedwe. Anatsatiranso ndi kupititsa patsogolo dziko m'chaka cha 2006, ndipo adakwaniritsa malonjezo ena a kampeni monga kulembanso malamulo, kukulitsa kukonzanso kwa nthaka ndi ntchito za chikhalidwe cha anthu, ndi kupatsa mphamvu anthu amtundu wawo.
Magulu a anthu ku Bolivia adayankha chilengezo chakukwera kwa mtengo wa gasi nthawi yomweyo, kukonza ziwonetsero, ziwonetsero komanso kutsekeka kwamisewu m'dziko lonselo kufuna kuti boma libwerere. Ngakhale alimi a coca, ogwirizana kwambiri ndi Morales, anatsekereza misewu mumsewu waukulu. Oyendetsa mabasi ananyanyala ntchito, ndipo mabungwe a anthu ku El Alto anaguba, kuukira nyumba za boma. Kumeneku kunali kukana ndondomekoyi kwadzaoneni, pomwe mabungwe ndi magulu opitilira masiku onse akubwera m'misewu.
Pofuna kuthetsa kukwera kwa mitengo ya gasi ndi chakudya, boma la Morales lidakweza malipiro a ogwira ntchito m'boma ndi 20%. Komabe kukwezedwa kwa malipiro sikungathandize ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe abizinesi ndi akuluakulu omwe si aboma. Boma lidaperekanso thandizo kwa alimi a mpunga, tirigu ndi chimanga. Koma mitengo ya gasi ndi zakudya, zinthu zofunika kwambiri komanso zoyendera zinapitilira kukwera.
Pomaliza, pa Disembala 31, pomwe zionetserozo sizinawonetse chizindikiro choyimitsa, Morales adagonja, ponena kuti asintha kukwera kwamitengo. Mโmawu ake apawailesi yakanema, iye anati โadzapitiriza kulamulira mwa kumvera anthu.โ (Iye anajambula mawuwo Mandar Obedeciendo, Mtsogoleri ndi Kumvera, mawu onenedwa ndi a Zapatista.)
Kodi iye anali kumvera anthu, kapena kodi anangokakamizidwa kulabadira chitsenderezo chawo? Mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, kusuntha kwake kunali kofunikira; pamene ndale padziko lonse lapansi posachedwapa akuyankha zionetsero zotsutsana ndi njira zowonongeka ndi akasinja ndi zipolopolo, Morales adayankha (pamapeto pake) kuvomerezana ndi otsutsa ndikubwerera kumbuyo. Izi zikuwonetsa kudziyimira pawokha kwa magulu a anthu aku Bolivia komanso mphamvu zomwe ali nazo paboma.
Kwa zaka khumi zapitazi, magulu a anthu ku Bolivia akhala akuyambitsa mbiri ya dzikolo. Izi zili choncho chifukwa ambiri a iwo adamvetsetsa kuti kumenyera dziko labwino sikunathe ndi kuchotsedwa kwa Purezidenti wakale wakumanja Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada mu 2003, kapenanso ndi chisankho cha Evo Morales mu 2006. kusintha kwa chikhalidwe komwe sikunagwirizane ndi lamulo la boma kapena bokosi lovota.
"Ndikuganiza kuti sitikuganiziranso njira yatsopano yochitira ndale, koma koposa zonse njira yatsopano yoyendetsera chuma chathu," mtsogoleri wankhondo wa ku Bolivia Oscar Olivera adatero poyankhulana ndi Latin American Solidarity Center pa mkangano waposachedwa wa gasi. "Mu ichi, ndi anthu omwe akupanga."
Benjamin Dangl wagwira ntchito ngati mtolankhani ku Latin America ndipo ndi mlembi wa buku latsopanoli, Kuvina ndi Dynamite: Social Movements ndi States ku Latin America(AK Press). Kuti mumve zambiri, pitani DancingwithDynamite.com. Imelo Bendangl(at)gmail(dot)com
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