Limits to Decolonization: Indigeneity, Territory, and Hydrocarbon Politics in the Bolivian Chaco. By Anthias, Penelope. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018. 312 p. $115.00 cloth, $27.95 paper

Morales promised to extend human rights and dignity to every Bolivian citizen as part of his “plurinational” state, which formed the cornerstone of his New Left political ideology and the rewritten 2009 constitution. According to Penelope Anthias, the president of Bolivia’s Guaraní indigenous commun...

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Published inPerspectives on Politics Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 962 - 963
Main Author Karleen Jones West
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.09.2020
Subjects
Agreements
Colonies & territories
Community property
Decolonization
Human dignity
Human rights
Hydrocarbons
Left wing politics
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Native rights
Neocolonialism
Neoliberalism
Petroleum
Political ideologies
Politics
Presidents
Property rights
Sovereignty
Bolivia
Latin America
Chaco region
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Summary:Morales promised to extend human rights and dignity to every Bolivian citizen as part of his “plurinational” state, which formed the cornerstone of his New Left political ideology and the rewritten 2009 constitution. According to Penelope Anthias, the president of Bolivia’s Guaraní indigenous community Itika Guasu claimed, also in 2011, that the Guaraní had finally achieved “fully legal recognition” (p. 5) of their property rights over their native community territory (Tierra Comunitaria de Origen; TCO). [...]after a decade of failed attempts to gain legal titles for their TCO from the Bolivian government, Itika Guasu had circumvented the state to directly negotiate and sign an agreement with the Spanish oil company Repsol.
ISSN:1537-5927
1541-0986
DOI:10.1017/S1537592720001619