This Common Media article lays out four observations about Bolivia that challenge “myths” which “deny any of Evo Morales’ responsibility for the crisis:”
1) “It's not as simple as just being a “coup””
2) “Morales championed “Mother Earth” rhetoric abroad while pushing extractivism at home”
3) “The uncritical solidarity of the international Left is of no use to the people of Bolivia”
4) “Moving beyond the projection on governments, we must ask ourselves: How can system change actually come about?”
The article specifically mentions mega-dams: “At the same time, his government was unable to overcome fundamental contradictions. While becoming internationally known for his radical anti-capitalist rhetoric and for promoting the “rights of Mother Earth,” Morales not only operated within a capitalist framework, he actually boosted GDP-focused development to finance social programs. He opened up Bolivia for a large expansion of new mining projects and hydroelectric dams and allowed the Amazon rainforest to be burned and slashed for the expansion of soy fields and cattle pastures. As the world exploded in indignation over the Amazon fires in Bolsonaro's Brazil this summer, hardly anyone recognized that the same ecocide was committed in Bolivia too—under the reins of an Indigenous president.”