La alianza del gobierno de Evo Morales y las Fuerzas Armadas en el proceso de transformación del Estado boliviano

Abstract

The present paper tries to analyze the relation between the governments of Evo Morales and the Bolivian Armed Forces in the period 2005-2010, and to give response to three central questions: does an informal alliance exist between these two actors of the Bolivian politics? In case of existing, which are the institutional, historical, political and economic factors on which it is based? And, finally, which are the costs that this alliance implies? To such ends a succinct analysis of the actors in question will be realized and later the relation will be studied bearing in mind the following elements: the economic politics of the Movement to the Socialism (MAS); the Constituent Assembly, the regional conflicts and the attempts of autonomy; the social policies developed by the government; the concessions that this relation implies; and, the attempts of institutional redefinition of the Armed Forces.