Álvaro García Linera
| Álvaro García Linera | |
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| Vice President of Bolivia | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 22, 2006 |
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| President | Evo Morales |
| Preceded by | Carlos Mesa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1962 Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Political party | Movement for Socialism |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Occupation | Academic, Activist, Revolutionary, Political commentator |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Álvaro Marcelo García Linera (born October 19, 1962) is a Bolivian politician who has been Vice President of Bolivia since 2006.[1]
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Cochabamba and graduated from San Agustín High School. Then, he studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and became a mathematician. Returning to his native Bolivia, he attempted to put some of his long-held socialist ideals to practice and joined the Katarist "Ponchos Rojos", a series of experimental, Marxist-inspired native communities in northwestern Bolivia. When this attempt at grass-roots politics failed to come to fruition, García Linera opted for a more radical approach. Alongside Felipe Quispe, he organized and worked in the insurgent Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army. After being caught destroying electrical distribution towers in rural La Paz, he was arrested and charged with insurrection and terrorism.
While imprisoned, he studied sociology. After his release he worked as a university professor, political analyst, and news commentator. He was a well known academic, known for his support of indigenous and left-wing political movements in South America (in spite of his upper-middle class upbringing and the fact that he is of Spanish descent). He wrote a monograph about the different political and social organizations that were a part of the political rise of the MAS and other indigenous factions, Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales en Bolivia (Sociology of Social Movements in Bolivia), which was published in 2005.[2]
[edit] Political career
Linera was elected vice president as the running mate to Evo Morales in the 2005 presidential elections. He is an advocate of nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry.
In December 2010, Linera's offices created a database of the recent releases from the controversial whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Vicepresidency of Bolivia
- ^ Garcia Linera, Alvaro. Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales en Bolivia. La Paz: Plural, 2005.
- ^ Wikileaks - Vicepresidency of Bolivia
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Álvaro García Linera |
- Radiomate.com Profile: Evo Morales and the New Wave of Democracy in Latin America
- “The MAS is of the Centre-Left” An interview with Álvaro García Linera by Pablo Stefanoni, International View Point, December 2005
- Marxism and Indigenism in Bolivia: A Dialectic of Dialogue and Conflict, Z Net, April 2005
- Speeches and articles by Álvaro García Linera
- Indianismo and Marxism: The mismatch of two revolutionary rationales, Links, 2005
- "Neo-liberalism and the New Socialism – Speech by Alvaro Garcia Linera", Political Affairs, January-February 2007
- Catastrophic equilibrium and point of bifurcation, Bolivia Rising, May 2008
| Preceded by Carlos Mesa |
Vice President of Bolivia 2006- |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
- Living people
- 1962 births
- Vice Presidents of Bolivia
- People imprisoned on charges of terrorism
- Bolivian prisoners and detainees
- Bolivian people of Spanish descent
- Prisoners and detainees of Bolivia
- People from Cochabamba
- Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples politicians
