Santiago Anria

Santiago Anria is associate professor in the department of Global Labor and Work at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He is the author of When Movements Become Parties: The Bolivian MAS in Comparative Perspective (2018) and coauthor (with Kenneth M. Roberts) of Polarization and Democracy in Latin America: Legacies of the Left Turn (2026).

October 2025, Volume 36, Issue 4

Why Bolivia’s MAS Collapsed

Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism transformed Bolivian politics. But after almost two decades in power, the party is unraveling. No longer the country’s anchor, the MAS has become a major driver of instability and political decay.