The clash of the two geopolitical imaginary in Bolivia. The “Gas War”

Abstract

In this paper an attempt is made to elucidate the most relevant aspects of the two geopolitical imaginary present in the State of Bolivia, concerning Eastern and Western regions, which move in historical settings, social, economic, and political backgrounds over time that have led to some conflicts and confrontations, which were evident during the socalled Gas War, between 2003 and 2005, during which the movements of two regions - both indigenous West with a strong presence in social and union movements in East regionalist discourse marked by the gas - proved their differences, leading to the fall of successive governments, first of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and Carlos Mesa Gisbert after. Thus, through successive pages will need to understand the geopolitical codes that move both sectors, as well as their leaders and situations that influenced the decision making of the main actors of this crisis where internal and external factors were determinants.