Eduardo Gamarra Americas Insights

  An Uncompleted Conversation: For Jim Malloy James M. Malloy changed my life, and I did not thank him before he died. That is one of the sorrows I now have to carry. I went to Pittsburgh to study with Jim because of a book. As a young student finishing my undergraduate degree, I read The Uncompleted Revolution , and it had an enormous influence on my intellectual formation. To me, Jim was the great scholar of Bolivia, and I wanted to study under him. I traveled to Pittsburgh right after completing my master’s degree, and my young wife accompanied me. Jim was on sabbatical when we arrived, but he kindly allowed us to share his apartment with a Bolivian couple. That was my introduction to his world. I quickly learned that Jim was not an easy man for most people. He had rough edges, and those rough edges were genuine. He could be difficult, abrasive, and suspicious. I don't think it helps his memory to deny that. But it is also true that I didn't see him primarily that way. With ...

¿Cuán importante es (o fue) la presencia de Iran en Bolivia? Eduardo A. Gamarra, PhD Professor  Department of Politics and International Relations Associate Director for Basic Research Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy Florida International University        La guerra desatada en las últimas semanas entre Estados Unidos, Israel e Irán ha impulsado numerosas especulaciones sobre la presencia de Irán en Bolivia. Oficiales norteamericanos citados por la prensa dicen que Bolivia se había convertido en una base importante para operaciones diplomáticas y de inteligencia en todo el continente.   Estos mismos alegan que Bolivia proporcionaba un ambiente que facilitaba las acciones de inteligencia y clandestinas en la región, y que la ubicación del país en el centro de América del Sur permitía las acciones clandestinas de Irán en contra de países vecinos.   Desde Washington y, particularmente, después de la intervención militar que culminó co...