Scielo RSS http://socialsciences.scielo.org/rss.php?pid=1990-745120070001&lang=pt vol. 3 num. SE lang. pt http://socialsciences.scielo.org/img/en/fbpelogp.gif http://socialsciences.scielo.org http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1990-74512007000100001&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt The economic, social, cultural and political storms Bolivia is experiencing do not begin or end in this country, says the author of this article. Instead, they are the manifestation of region-wide changes, which he reviews by looking at the emergence of new political trends, Latin American integration and the issue of energy. http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1990-74512007000100002&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt Who calls the shots in Cochabamba today? A research study examined the region's powerful groups, delving deeper than their representatives or leaders. This article presents some of its main findings, as well as describing the methodology and the different tools used to show how the elites were destroyed by the 1952 revolution and why they never recovered.