@article{866892,
      recid = {866892},
      title = {Bolivia : records of the U.S. Department of State,  1960-1963.},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      note = {Date range of documents: 1960-1963.},
      abstract = {The backstory to this archive revolves around the rise of  the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR), which emerged  as a broadly based party. Under President Victor Paz  Estenssoro (1907-2001), the MNR "introduced universal adult  suffrage, carried out a sweeping land reform, promoted  rural education, and nationalized the country's largest tin  mines. Twelve years of tumultuous rule left the MNR  divided." In 1964, a military junta overthrew President Paz  Estenssoro at the outset of his third term. Documents in  this collection offer insight into the U.S. state  department during the Cold War. Examples include analysis  of labor union leadership and its relationship to  Communists "united in opposition" and attempting to impose  a "Fascist regime in Bolivia." Periodicals such as  Prescenia and El Diario are characterized as "organs at  service of Communists" (December 1960). The embassy notes  how El Pueblo, the Communist newspaper in La Paz, reports a  Pravda correspondent expressing "great interest in  'promoting' relations with USSR" (March 1962).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866892},
}