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Socialist Organiser1983 1983-01-20Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 5 →
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Similarly, pressure is on the Interamerican Development Bank and other international credit organisations to exercise restraint - particularly when dealing with requests from such 'leftist' regimes as that in La Paz or Managua whose debts are too small to threaten the western banking system.
Thus, as in his previous Presidency (1956-60). Siles Zuazo finds himself squeezed between an economy near collapse, a strong trade union movement who expect some benefits from their support of the UDP, a small but very dangerous right wing and military in Bolivia and foreign governments and bankers who appear intent on keeping Bolivia where it is South America' poorest mainland country.
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Prospects the new Bolivian coalition government are gloomy. Paul Mac- adam reports