Bolivia

The Fraud Machine At Work In Bolivia

February 13, 2020 Carlos Fazio, La Jornada, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Regime Change

The counter-revolution in Bolivia is advancing under the parameters of a U.S.-made hybrid war and with the blessings of the conservative hierarchy of the local Catholic Church. In its current phase, the regime of exception of self-proclaimed President Jeanine Añez has unleashed an open war against the Movement for Socialism (MAS) of the ousted president Evo Morales, using the law via lawfare as the main vengeful weapon of the coup mongers.

Interim Bolivian Government Taps Same Lobby Firm Hired To Sell The Coup In Honduras

February 12, 2020 Lee Fang, Resumen English. Educate! Bolivia, Honduras, US coup

Coup President Jeanine Áñez, who came to power in November, has rejected claims that her predecessor, Evo Morales, was ousted in a coup — while cracking down on dissent and calling for new elections to solidify the rule of conservative opposition forces that seized control of the government in Morales’s absence. As many critics have noted, the cycle bears a striking similarity to the coup d’etat that ousted Honduran President Manuel “Mel” Zelaya a decade ago. The left-wing leader was whisked out of office by the military, only to be replaced with an interim government led by right-wing opposition forces that swiftly consolidated power through a controversial election process. The parallels were apparently not lost on the Bolivia’s new rulers.

Morales & Arce Have Chance To Outperform Right-Wing Forces, Undo Regime Change In Bolivia

February 11, 2020 By Ekaterina Blinova, Sputniknews.com Educate! Bolivia, Evo Morales, Latin America, Regime Change

Tensions are rising over the upcoming Bolivian general vote as Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) is gaining momentum in the country despite the de facto government's pressure. Alberto Echazu, a journalist from the media platform La Resistencia Bolivia, sheds light on the most recent developments in La Paz. Bolivia saw the ouster of former President Evo Morales in November 2019 amid protracted social turmoil over alleged election fraud.

Evo Morales Named Candidate For Bolivian Senate

February 7, 2020 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Create! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America

The former Bolivian leader is running as a candidate, despite the de facto government's attempts to prevent him from registering. The democratically elected President of Bolivia Evo Morales, who is seeking asylum in Argentina after a coup d'etat against him, has been named a candidate for senate.

Bolivia: Interpol Rejects Coup Government Request For Persecution Against Evo Morales

February 5, 2020 Staff, Resumen Latinoamericano, translation, North America branch Educate! Bolivia, coup, Latin America, Regime Change

Attorney Eduardo León revealed that Interpol considered that the request processed by the Attorney General, Juan Lanchipa, differed from Articles 2(i) and 3 of its Statute and decided not to publish the notice and to remove the data of Morales from its database. The document specified that Article 2 states that its actions must be in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while Article 3 prohibits the entity from ‘intervening in matters of a political, military, religious or racial character’.

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov’t Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders

January 27, 2020 Alan Macleod, Mintpressnews.com Resist! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

Wednesday, January 22 marks the day that Jeanine Añez is set to stand down as “interim” President of Bolivia, beginning the process for fresh elections set for May 3. Añez came to power in November, following a U.S.-backed coup that deposed the Movement to Socialism’s (MAS) Evo Morales. However, she is certainly not acting as if she intends to relinquish her power, let alone move towards new elections. Instead, she has sent the military...

Bolivia: MAS Presents Official Presidential Ticket

January 22, 2020 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Create! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America

"A running ticket to encompass Indigenous, social, and middle-class movements," commented teleSUR's correspondent Marco Teruggi. Bolivia's Movement Towards Socialism, headed by exiled President Evo Morales, announced Sunday that former Minister of Economy Luis Arce and former Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca will run for president and vice president, respectively, for the country's May 3 general elections.

MAS Party Under Threat as Bolivia Moves Towards New Elections (Without Evo)

January 19, 2020 By Emily Achtenberg, Rebel Currents, NACLA Educate! Bolivia, Elections, Evo Morales, US coup

As anthropologist Nicole Fabricant has argued, to defeat Bolivia’s ascendant right-wing forces—which will continue to be nourished and fortified by the Añez regime during the run-up to the election—will require a broad united front of left-Indigenous groups across the historic pro- and anti-Morales divide. For the MAS, choosing a presidential slate that is more independent of Morales could help to appeal to popular opposition sectors. For the anti-Morales left, which has been disturbingly silent regarding the Añez regime’s abuses, taking a stand against political persecution, racist discourse, and the erosion of democracy occurring under the de facto government could go a long way towards reconciliation.

Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Government Intensifies Crackdown On Journalists, Doctors

January 13, 2020 By Alan Macleod, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change, Repression

The U.S.-backed right-wing coup government of Jeanine Añez continues its moves against media and other dissenting voices. The latest victim of the crackdown was Marcelo Hurtado, president of the ATB media network. Hurtado was paraded before cameras; handcuffed and forced to wear a vest labeled “arrested.” He was flanked by two black clad, masked and armed members of the country’s infamous police, who led a successful coup against socialist president Evo Morales in November.

Bolivia: The CIA Is Already Weaving The Plot For Fraud

January 13, 2020 Hector Bernardo, Libya360.wordpress.com Educate! Bolivia, CIA, Latin America, US Imperialism

Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced that new presidential elections will be held on May 3, 2020. In the current conditions, the elections only seem to have the intention to disguise the de facto government as a democratic one. Its visible face is the self-proclaimed president Jeanine Áñez, the neofascist leader Luis Fernando Camacho, ex-president Carlos Mesa and the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro.

Bolivian Electoral Court Rejects Attempt To Annul Evo Morales’ Party From Participating In Elections

January 4, 2020 Staff, La Jornada, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

The president of Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Court, Salvador Romero, has announced he is going to call for general elections before next Monday, January 6th reported local newspaper La Razon. “The deadline is January 6th so we are going to call for elections and release the electoral schedule and timeline,” he said at a press conference. According to the reformed Act on Exceptional and Temporary Regime to hold the 2020 General Elections, the time to call for elections was extended 10 more working days.

Left-wing MAS Leads Voting Intentions In Bolivia

December 30, 2019 Staff, Pagina 12, translation Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change

Andronico Rodriguez, member of the Movement to Socialism party (MAS) and considered by many the political heir of ousted president Evo Morales) and right-wing ex-president Carlos Mesa are leading voting intention figures ahead of Bolivia’s next general elections. A recent survey showed as well that coup plotter Luis Fernando Camacho and the president of the Potosi Civic Committee Marco Pumari are decreasing in the polls. For the majority of those polled, de facto President Jeanine Añez should not run as a candidate.

Che Guevara’s Legacy In Bolivia Today

December 30, 2019 Al R Suarez, Popular Resistance Educate! Bolivia, Che Guevara, Evo Morales

This article examines the history of Che Guevara in Bolivia and lessons learned from his experience. Many are questioning now what are the tactics that should be used by the Left in Latin America, especially in the South American Cone of Bolivia, in response to the massacres and repression of the indigenous and progressive groups resisting the ongoing military fascist coup, reminiscent of the 1960s and 1970s, when US-backed coups resulted in military juntas in Latin America, in en era ominously known as the Condor Years.

Persecution Of Evo’s Main Ministers In Bolivia

December 28, 2019 Graciela Ramírez, Resumen-english.org Resist! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change

In the morning of Friday, December 20, the media in Bolivia highlighted the attack on the house of Juan Ramón Quintana, a Minister in the administration of Evo Morales, until the coup d’état. It was a clear threat not just to Quintana but all supporters of Evo and the Movement towards Socialism (MAS). “The goal is to be able to locate and proceed to kidnap any element that is related to him or the facts that are being investigated,” said Colonel Iván Rojas, national director of the Special Force Against Crime and one of the participants of the coup d’état that interrupted the institutionality in Bolivia.

The Coup In Bolivia: Lessons For Our Movement

December 28, 2019 Stansfield Smith, Orinocotribune.com Strategize! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change

The US engineered another coup, this time Bolivia, and again our movement could not effectively counter pro-coup propaganda the US was selling to the public, let alone taking any action to stop it. There is an imperative need for much greater long-term cooperative work to combat US interventions. Needed is a qualitatively higher level of unity of action among our networks to combat imperialism. Lenin, one of the most effective leaders of the struggles against the ruling classes, emphasized that “The proletariat has no other weapon in the fight for power except organization.”

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