The referendum marked a critical conjuncture of Bolivia s social, regional, and political divisions.

Such a conjuncture set the stage for a new wave of imperialism (though the reluctance to use the word remained).

But we have to be more nuanced and examine the evolution in the CD in the light of the present international conjuncture.

They depend not just on its tax and spending plans but also on the state of the economy, the external conjuncture, and the political context.

Historians tell us that the Luddites were victims of a temporary conjuncture of rising prices and falling wages that threatened them with starvation in a society with minimal welfare provision. The Luddites, however, blamed their misfortune on the machines themselves.