This is Mauder Rebels. I'm Ben Norton, and I'm joining about my co-host, Max Blumenthal,

and we are in La Paz, Bolivia. There has been a lot happening here. People who follow this show

probably know that there is a landslide historic election on October 18th, in which the Moss Party, the movement

towards socialism party of the former president, Avo Morales, just totally won a massive

landslide with more than 25% over the next candidate, Carlos Mesa, the neoliberal U.S.-backed

candidate. And the political fallout has been overwhelming. I mean, there's a lot we're

going to talk about today, the impact in the organization of American states, what's going on

internationally, what's going on in the region, and of course what's happening here in Bolivia.

And we're joined by one of the most qualified experts to talk about what's happening here. We're talking with Thomas

Becker, who is a human rights lawyer and a kind of dissident within the Harvard community. He has

taught at Harvard on and off, but unlike the vast majority of people who teach at Harvard,

this is a guy who is actually committed to working with the grassroots,

working with social movements, and not just the Ivy League and people who wear ties all the time.

So thanks for joining us, Thomas. And I guess can we just get an overview? I mean, you've lived

on and off here in Bolivia for 15 years or so.

And Thomas is also one of the only lawyers in the world who has ever successfully brought a case against a former president of a country.

He has successfully sued Goni, the former neoliberal president of Bolivia.

So Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada.

Known popularly as Goni.

So considering who was the star of the movie Our Brand is Crisis or a figure in it.

If you want a reference point, a U.S. popular culture reference point.

And you successfully sued him.

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