CarwilBJ's Twitter Archive

…in reply to @MuseWendi
@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish I abhor the Brazil coup and am definitely encouraging nuance in thinking about the political solution to the crisis. A few cautions that I want to share...
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish The regional political right in Santa Cruz, while perhaps truly alarmed by the fires, has also benefitted from the soy & cattle export interests that caused it.
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish Both Evo Morales and the regional right hace publically championed "the Santa Cruz model" of "exporting from the Amazon," including in their party platforms. @CarwilBJ/1168559916056924168?s=19
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish This left-right collusion in a deforesting model that primarily benefits large land holders is not new. Nor is it subtle. Here's the Bolivian VP discarding the very concept of the Left to do so in 2014: woborders.blog/2015/07/08/embracing-adversary/
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish We need a pretty deep critique of the current political options in Bolivia to address these problems. (Sort of like addressing prisons or immigration enforcement in the US.)
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish That said, the Bolivia fire crisis deserves more international attention now for 3 reasons:
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish The Santa Cruz agribusiness/deforestation complex has emerged since 2007 as the largest hotspot for deforestation in South America. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19358-2
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish Given that reality, Evo Morales' move to put land-clearing in Santa Cruz and Beni departments on equal legal footing earlier this year is adding long-term fuel to the fires.
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish and doubly so when he works hand-in-glove with Beni meat export interests, arguing "There can't be first and second-class departments."
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish That is that Beni should follow the Santa Cruz model. Anyone hearing that should tremble over the fires to come 5 or 10 years hence.
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@MuseWendi @PersonalEscrito @AJEnglish And finally, Morales government statements that the fires are either legitimate acts by small farmers or a right-wing plot to embarrass his govt are eerily close to Bolsonaro rhetoric.
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