Álvaro Marcelo García Linera (born
October 19,
1962) is a
Bolivian politician. He is the country's current
vice president, after being elected in 2005 with
Evo Morales. The two are members of the
Movement Toward Socialism party. He was born in
Cochabamba and graduated from
San Agustín High School. Then, he studied at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico in
Mexico City and became a mathematician. Returning to his native Bolivia, he attempted to put some of his long-held socialist ideals to practice and joined the Katarist "Ayllus Rojos", a series of experimental, Marxist-inspired native communities in northwestern Bolivia. When this attempt at grass-roots politics failed to come to fruition, García Linera opted for a more radical approach. Alongside
Felipe Quispe, he organized and worked in the insurgent
Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army. After being caught destroying electrical distribution towers in rural
La Paz, he was arrested and charged with insurrection and terrorism. While imprisoned, he studied sociology. After his release he worked as a university professor, political analyst, and news commentator. He was a well known academic, known for his support of indigenous and left-wing political movements in South America (in spite of his upper-middle class upbringing). He was elected vice president as the running mate to
Evo Morales in the
2005 presidential elections. He is an advocate of nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry.
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