In Bolivia, expectations for a decolonised society turned into a political crisis in the autumn of 2019. Discussing the limitations of progressive politics in cultivating democracy, this article identifies three narratives of authoritarianism – liberal democratic, developmentalist and colonial – which the opponents of Evo Morales use to frame their disillusionment with his rule. It argues that these multiple narratives lend meaning to contradictory experiences in a context in which hopes for a major decolonising state-transformation process have devolved into a deep polarisation of Bolivian society. The events in Bolivia are discussed in the context of rising authoritarianism throughout Latin America.

在玻利维亚，对非殖民化社会的期望在 2019 年秋天变成了一场政治危机。本文讨论了进步政治在培养民主方面的局限性，指出了埃沃·莫拉莱斯的反对者对威权主义的三种叙述——自由民主、发展主义和殖民主义。用来表达他们对他的统治的失望。它认为，在对重大非殖民化国家转型进程的希望已经演变成玻利维亚社会深度两极分化的背景下，这些多重叙述赋予了矛盾的经历以意义。玻利维亚事件是在整个拉丁美洲威权主义抬头的背景下讨论的。