The Current Bolivian Unrest, the Bolivian Revolution, and How it Relates to the US

In December 2025, Bolivian president Rodrigo Paz took office, and it was almost immediately that protest started taking place with Bolivian public transportation workers beginning a strike against a 100% fuel price increase. Local author, scholar, and professor of Latin American History Elena McGrath speaks about what is taking place currently, what connections cit has to the Bolivian Revolution of 1952, and how it relates to what’s happening in the US. McGrath spoke with Sina Basila Hickey about this, and in part one she spoke more about her recent book “The Limits of Revolution: Worker Citizens in a Bolivian Mining City.”