Alejandra Roncallo is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University, USA.

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• Introduction PART I: WEAVING THE AMERICAS TOGETHER: THE FOUR ‘STAGES’ OF A NEW DARWINIAN TALE 1. The 1980s: Development as ‘Free Markets’, The Demolition of the Old and the Rise of the New 2. The 1990s: Development as ‘Good Governance’ and the Consolidation of Hegemony 3. The New Millennium: Development as ‘Poverty Reduction’ and the Commodification of Livelihood 4. Obama, "Change" and the Disembedding of Security in Latin America. The Tension between Polyarchy and Democracy PART II: TRANSNATIONAL MINING CORPORATIONS: SEARCHING FOR 'EL DORADO' AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. THE BOLIVIAN CASE 5. The Amayapampa and Capasirca Gold Mines: Double Movement and State Repression 6. Multilateralism, Population Displacement and Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines 7. President Evo Morales’ Pachakutik. Re-founding Bolivia as an Indigenous Nation 8. Conclusion

Alejandra Roncallo is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University, USA.

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• Introduction PART I: WEAVING THE AMERICAS TOGETHER: THE FOUR ‘STAGES’ OF A NEW DARWINIAN TALE 1. The 1980s: Development as ‘Free Markets’, The Demolition of the Old and the Rise of the New 2. The 1990s: Development as ‘Good Governance’ and the Consolidation of Hegemony 3. The New Millennium: Development as ‘Poverty Reduction’ and the Commodification of Livelihood 4. Obama, "Change" and the Disembedding of Security in Latin America. The Tension between Polyarchy and Democracy PART II: TRANSNATIONAL MINING CORPORATIONS: SEARCHING FOR 'EL DORADO' AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. THE BOLIVIAN CASE 5. The Amayapampa and Capasirca Gold Mines: Double Movement and State Repression 6. Multilateralism, Population Displacement and Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines 7. President Evo Morales’ Pachakutik. Re-founding Bolivia as an Indigenous Nation 8. Conclusion

Alejandra Roncallo is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bucknell University, USA.

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• Introduction PART I: WEAVING THE AMERICAS TOGETHER: THE FOUR ‘STAGES’ OF A NEW DARWINIAN TALE 1. The 1980s: Development as ‘Free Markets’, The Demolition of the Old and the Rise of the New 2. The 1990s: Development as ‘Good Governance’ and the Consolidation of Hegemony 3. The New Millennium: Development as ‘Poverty Reduction’ and the Commodification of Livelihood 4. Obama, "Change" and the Disembedding of Security in Latin America. The Tension between Polyarchy and Democracy PART II: TRANSNATIONAL MINING CORPORATIONS: SEARCHING FOR 'EL DORADO' AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM. THE BOLIVIAN CASE 5. The Amayapampa and Capasirca Gold Mines: Double Movement and State Repression 6. Multilateralism, Population Displacement and Resettlement in San Cristóbal Silver Mines 7. President Evo Morales’ Pachakutik. Re-founding Bolivia as an Indigenous Nation 8. Conclusion