Abstract

FUJITA, Mamoru. Evo Morales Government and the Spectre of Revolutionary Nationalism of 52 in Bolivia. Towards an “Indianization” and Pluralization of the Concept of Dual Power of René Zavaleta Mercado. Entrediversidades rev. cienc. soc. humanid. [online]. 2022, vol.9, n.1, pp.361-382.  Epub Mar 15, 2023. ISSN 2007-7610.  https://doi.org/10.31644/ed.v9.n1.2022.a15.

This article analizes the political process of Bolivia since the onset of the Evo Morales Ayma government (2005) in its relationship with the government led by Carlos Mesa Gisbert (2003-2005). Based on an attempt to broaden, from the indianista point of view, the concept of dual power elaborated by the Bolivian political theorist René Zavaleta Mercado, it is argued that the Morales government, instead of building a truly plurinational agenda and power based on the “October Agenda” of 2003, drew nearer to the revolutionary nationalism of 1952, which ultimately made Morales and the MAS government vulnerable to Mesa in the general elections of 2019.

Keywords : indianismo; René Zavaleta Mercado; dual power; revolutionary nationalism; plurinationalism.