Bolivia

Coup Against Evo Morales Moves Towards Consolidation

November 16, 2019 Marco Teruggi, Pagina 12, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

“Welcome to a dictatorship,” said a woman while trying to escape tear gas bombs, motorcycles, trucks with young people under arrest, and military armored vehicles. Events occurred in downtown La Paz, Bolivia’s capital city, on Wednesday evening, after Senate chairwoman Adriana Salvatierra was repressed and not allowed into Congress while self-proclaimed President Jeanine Añez was appointing new military chiefs. Events are occurring at a startling speed in Bolivia.

Coup D’etat In Bolivia: Audios Containing Details Of Alleged Coup Plan & US Involvement Emerge

November 15, 2019 Staff, Orinocotribune.com Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Latin America, Regime Change

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation on 10 November after the heads of Bolivia’s armed forces and police urged him to step down amid ongoing violent protest in the country which erupted in the wake of the recent presidential election. As Evo Morales stepped down as the President of Bolivia amid ongoing anti-government protests and the military urging him to resign, a series of audio recordings which allegedly feature opposition leaders calling for a coup against him were leaked via social media, El Periodico news outlet reports.

Lessons To Learn From The Coup In Bolivia

November 14, 2019 Staff, Moonofalabama.org Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

Bolivian president Evo Morales of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party was forced to resign Sunday evening by the Bolivian military in a coup backed by the United States. Last night, Morales tweeted that he is “leaving for Mexico” after that country agreed to grant him asylum. After three weeks of protests following the disputed October 20 presidential elections, the imperialist powers and their Bolivian client elite have overthrown the government of Morales.

Evo Morales, Camacho And The Coup In Bolivia

November 14, 2019 Staff, Historicly.substack.com Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

Saturday, after the military and the chief of police defected, Evo Morales resigned from his presidency. Shortly, afterwards Luis Fernando Camacho stormed the presidential palace while his gangs ransacked the palace. He laid down the old Bolivian flag and the bible and remarked, "the bible returns to the presidential palace. The Pachamama (Mother-Earth in Quechua) will never be back to the government. Bolivia belongs to Jesus Christ", which is of course an insult against the indigenous groups who form the plurinational of Bolivia.

Bolivia Set Back Twenty Years

November 14, 2019 Stephen Sefton, Tortillaconsal.com Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

Western media are portraying the coup in Bolivia as the result of legitimate popular protests against electoral fraud. They base their accounts on yet another phoney, illegal report from a mission of the Organization of American States. The report openly violated the terms agreed with Bolivia's electoral authority on the progam for the audit of the recent national election results and was key in accelerating the media impact of the fascist-led attack on Bolivia's legitimate government.

Bolivian Senate’s Leader Attacked By Police And Coup Supporters

November 14, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, State Violence

The legitimate President of the Senate, Adriana Salvatierra, was violently assaulted by the police as she was trying to enter the Senate on Wednesday in order to comply with the constitutional rule that automatically proclaims the head of the upper chamber the Interim President when the President steps down, after Evo Morales was forced to resign on Sunday. In a press conference that followed the attack, Salvatierra told reporters that she was ready to open the parliament session and assume the presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia as mandated by law.

Black Alliance For Peace Stands In Revolutionary Solidarity With The People Of Bolivia

November 13, 2019 the Black Alliance for Peace. Educate! Bolivia, Capitalism, US Imperialism, Working Class

The Black Alliance for Peace condemns the U.S. sponsored counter-revolutionary coup in Bolivia. The right-wing ruling elite of Bolivia with the full support of the bipartisan right-wing U.S. government is attempting to reimpose the anti-people authoritarianism that was the norm throughout “our Americas” during the period of unchecked U.S. hegemony. The people of Bolivia entered a new historical era when the largely indigenous Movement for Socialism (MAS) with Evo Morales in the leadership disrupted this history of unchallenged U.S. hegemony. However, with the forced resignation of Morales and the physical assaults against leaders of the MAS, the progress made by indigenous and working-class people of Bolivia is under serious assault.

The OAS And US Help Overthrow Another Government

November 13, 2019 Leonardo Flores, Popular Resistance. Educate! Bolivia, Imperialism, OAS, US coup

Bolivia - The United States and the Organization of American States can add another coup to their scorecards, even if U.S. media refuses to recognize it as such. This time it was in Bolivia, where President Evo Morales was forced to step down on November 10, following weeks of pressure and extremist violence. Morales resigned under duress in order to avoid bloodshed, and emphasized that his “responsibility as an indigenous president of all Bolivians is to prevent the coup-mongers from persecuting my trade unionist brothers and sisters, abusing and kidnapping their families, burning the homes of governors, of legislators, of city councilors… to prevent them from continuing to harass and persecute my indigenous brothers and sisters and the leaders and authorities” of the MAS (Movement towards Socialism, Morales’ political party).

Bolivia Coup Led By Christian Fascist Paramilitary Leader And Millionaire – With Foreign Support

November 13, 2019 Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Fascism, Latin America

When Luis Fernando Camacho stormed into Bolivia’s abandoned presidential palace in the hours after President Evo Morales’s sudden November 10 resignation, he revealed to the world a side of the country that stood at stark odds with the plurinational spirit its deposed socialist and Indigenous leader had put forward. With a Bible in one hand and a national flag in the other, Camacho bowed his head in prayer above the presidential seal, fulfilling his vow to purge his country’s Native heritage from government and “return God to the burned palace.”

US Media Claims Coup In Bolivia Was Not A Coup

November 13, 2019 Alan McLeod, Fair.org Educate! Bolivia, coup, Electoral Politics

Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not how corporate media are presenting the weekend’s events in Bolivia. No establishment outlet framed the action as a coup; instead, President Evo Morales “resigned” (ABC News, 11/10/19), amid widespread “protests” (CBS News, 11/10/19) from an “infuriated population” (New York Times, 11/10/19) angry at the “election fraud” (Fox News, 11/10/19) of the “full-blown dictatorship” (Miami Herald, 11/9/19).

No Evidence That Bolivian Election Results Were Affected By Irregularities Or Fraud, Statistical Analysis Shows

November 13, 2019 Staff, Cepr.net Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America

Washington, DC ― Statistical analysis of election returns and tally sheets from Bolivia’s October 20 elections shows no evidence that irregularities or fraud affected the official result that gave President Evo Morales a first-round victory, researchers and analysts at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) say. Contrary to a postelection narrative that was supported, without evidence, by the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, statistical analysis shows that it was predictable that Morales would obtain a first-round win...

November 16: Day Of Solidarity With Bolivia

November 12, 2019 Popular Resistance. Resist! Anti-Imperialism, Bolivia, US coup

On the heels of a successful emergency demonstration held Monday, November 11 at cities throughout the US against Washington’s sponsored coup in Bolivia, a second larger event is scheduled for Saturday afternoon on November 16 to coincide with worldwide actions in support Evo Morales' rightful presidency. On Sunday, November 10, Evo Morales and members of his administration were forced to resign under death threats directed not only at them but also at their families. President-in-exile Evo Morales is now safely in Mexico but vows to return to Bolivia with strength. Anti-imperialist groups in the US support him in his efforts and join with him and the indigenous Bolivian people, that are now persecuted by the right-wing racist coup and its fascist mobs, in their struggle for justice, autonomy, and self-determination.

Will The People Of Bolivia Reverse The US-Supported Coup Against Evo Morales?

November 11, 2019 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. Resist! Bolivia, Fascism, OAS, US coup

Bolivia - On November 11, following victory in the October 20 presidential election and a vicious right-wing coup attempt, President Evo Morales resigned. Signs that a coup would occur if Morales won re-election surfaced before the election took place. Violent groups burnt buildings of Morales' MAS (Movement Toward Socialism) Party and tried to cause chaos in the streets. Immediately after the election, coup-supporters claimed there was election fraud without evidence to support the claim. The Organization of American States (OAS) demanded a recount, which Morales agreed to conduct. Then they called for a new election, which Morales consented to. And finally, as right-wing violence escalated to an extreme level, the head of the military turned against the President.

Bolivia: The Right Hastens The Coup Against Evo Morales

November 11, 2019 Marco Teruggi, Pagina 12, translation, Resumen Latinoamericano, North America bureau Educate! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change

Bolivia has entered the final moments before an outcome of a complex sequence of events. The possibility of reaching an agreement has been buried after the right ignored the call made by President Evo Morales to constitute a new Supreme Electoral Tribunal and call for new general elections. The response led by Fernando Camacho, the main leader of the escalating coup, left no room for doubt: he demanded that Evo Morales, the senators, deputies, members of the Court of Justice, the Electoral Tribunal, resign, create a transitional government board and call for elections within 60 days.

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