Media Luna

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This article is about the group of departments in Bolivia. For the municipality and city in Cuba, see Media Luna, Cuba. For the barrio in Puerto Rico, see Media Luna, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
A map of the Media Luna—the four constituent departments generally considered to fall within the region are colored  

The Media Luna (lit. 'half-moon') or Media Luna Ampliada (lit. 'extended half-moon') refers to a group of four departments –

Movement for Socialism (MAS) than the rest of the country. Pando has seen increasing support for MAS since 2009, while Tarija was initially supportive but has opposed MAS in every election after 2014. In contrast to the predominantly Indigenous Andean (Quechua and Aymara) populations of the Andean region such as La Paz and Cochabamba, the departments in the Media Luna are majority mestizo, as well as being made up of the remaining 26 groups of lowland indigenes with white minorities, specifically in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[1][citation needed
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Overview

The name comes from the general crescent shape made by the four departments. The term media luna was coined soon after the election of Evo Morales to designate the mostly eastern-located departments that objected to the nationalization and redistribution of natural gas that is a major natural resource in the region and the policy of land reform that would be most vigorously enacted in those regions.[citation needed]

The

violence between supporters of the national government and supporters of autonomy for the departments.[citation needed
]

The list of Media Luna departments was extended by some observers to include the departments of

Porvenir Massacre, Pando's opposition prefect Leopoldo Fernández, who was arrested and detained for his suspected involvement in the massacre of at least 20 peasants, was replaced by an interim prefect from the military in September 2008.[citation needed
]

Morales has seen increasing support in Pando since the 2009 elections, while Tarija has switched between popular support and opposition over several elections (supporting Morales up through the 2014 elections, then opposing in those thereafter).[citation needed]

See also

  • 2008 unrest in Bolivia

References

  1. ^ THE DEMOCRACY CENTER https://www.democracyctr.org/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Hans Zandvliet. Evolución Electoral del MAS en Bolivia en las Elecciones y Referéndums desde 2005 al 2009 [Electoral Evolution of the MAS in Bolivia in Elections and Referendums from 2005 to 2009] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-27 – via THE DEMOCRACY CENTER.

External links

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