When socialist Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia, he received favorable press from the western media. Like most socialists, however, his government turned tyrannical. Disqualified from office, he and his followers now seek to stage a coup to return him to power.
Sergio Lopez
Sergio Lopez is an Economics PhD student at George Mason University, having earned his bachelors in Economics at the University of Arkansas. He is currently a Mises Institute Fellow in Residence and served as a Mises Apprentice and as a Research Assistant in the field of Bolivian Economic History. His research is focused on informal markets, institutional constraints, and the dynamics of economic coordination in Hispano-America, with a strong commitment to the principles of economic freedom.
