The Organization of American States had a key role in the destruction of the country’s democracy last November Supporters of Bolivia’s socialist presidential candidate, Luis Arce, hold flags with an image of Evo Morales. New elections are scheduled for 18 October. Photograph: Juan Karita/AP Bolivia has descended into a nightmare of political repression and racist state violence since the democratically elected government of Evo Morales was overthrown by the military on 10 November last year. That month was the second-deadliest in terms of civilian deaths caused by state forces since Bolivia became a democracy nearly 40 years ago, according to a study by Harvard Law School’s (HLS) International Human Rights Clinic and the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR) released a month ago.