Regime Change

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.

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.”

Military Assault Raises Alert In Venezuela

December 28, 2019 By Marco Teruggi, Libya360.wordpress.com Resist! Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

An armed group assaulted a military facility in the south of Venezuela, in the state of Bolivar, bordering Brazil. The action that took place on Sunday morning was broadcast on social networks during the morning and confirmed by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López in the afternoon. The minister attributed the event to “extremist sectors of the opposition” who, during the attack, stole a batch of weapons that was later recovered when six of the assailants were arrested. “At this moment, the detainees are providing information of criminal interest and the Bolivarian National Armed Force and other state security agencies are activated in pursuit of the terrorists.

Bolivia’s Free Territory Of Chapare Has Ousted The Coup Regime And Is Bracing For A Bloody Re-Invasion

December 26, 2019 Ollie Vargas, Thegrayzone.com Resist! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change

Cochabamba, Bolivia — Known as Bolivia’s Chapare region, the Tropico of Cochabamba is a sanctuary for elected President Evo Morales’ most dedicated base of support. Since the November 10 coup, it has effectively become a self-governing territory where the military junta is absent. The police and military were sent in full retreat from this area the coup began and were told they would only be welcomed back if the they “get on their knees and apologize” to the community.

The Real Lesson Of Afghanistan Is That Regime Change Does Not Work

December 21, 2019 Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, Nationofchange.org Educate! Afghanistan, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, Regime Change

The trove of U.S. “Lessons Learned” documents on Afghanistan published by the Washington Post portrays, in excruciating detail, the anatomy of a failed policy, scandalously hidden from the public for 18 years. The “Lessons Learned” papers, however, are based on the premise that the U.S. and its allies will keep intervening militarily in other countries, and that they must, therefore, learn the lessons of Afghanistan to avoid making the same mistakes in future military occupations.

Bolivia’s New US-Backed Interim Gov’t Wastes No Time Privatizing Economy

December 20, 2019 By Alan Macleod, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Bolivia, Latin America, Privatization, Regime Change

It has been barely one month since the administration of Jeanine Añez seized power in a military coup in Bolivia, but it has wasted no time in attempting to transform the economy and society. Its latest move is aimed at privatizing the country’s economy. A government spokesperson confirmed the fears of many, claiming that “I believe the government should reduce its own size” and a protagonistic role should be given to private enterprises. In case that was not clear enough, he emphasized, “Yes, I’m talking about privatization.” Bolivia’s economy is dependent on its nationalized oil and gas industries.

Fascist Bolivian Coup Leader Fails In DC Charm Offensive

December 19, 2019 Anya Parampil, The Grayzone Resistance Report Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change, US Imperialism

On Red Lines, Anya Parampil covers the obliteration of Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho's big event in Washington, where he was auditioning for US support at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank on December 12. The presidential candidate had hoped to present himself as a unifying figure, but was instead met with ferocious resistance by Bolivians and US anti-war protesters denouncing his fascist past.

Bolivia: “We Are Not Afraid”

December 17, 2019 Cindy Forster, Resumen-english.org Resist! Bolivia, Latin America, Regime Change

The stamina of the people has prevented the victory that the U.S.-backed coup regime expected in Bolivia. Resistance to the coup has been successful via three strategies –road blockades, nonviolent protests of thousands that gathered force rather than diminishing in the face of massacres, and intensely collective decision-making. “We the Aymaras, Quechuas, all the Indigenous and original peoples, we have suffered discrimination for centuries,” said a Bolivian who was entering with streams of people to the city of La Paz, the center of governance, to protest the army’s ousting of president Evo Morales on November 10.

While Evo’s MAS Party Regroups, Bolivia’s Coup Leaders Are Eating Each Other Alive

December 17, 2019 Wyatt Reed, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Bolivia, Evo Morales, Latin America, Regime Change

La Paz, Bolivia – Just one month after ruling elites and right-wing politicians seized power in Bolivia with a military coup, the fragile unity they briefly enjoyed has erupted into a bitter public feud. Local analysts had predicted that coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho and businessman Marco Pumari could unite the right from the country’s east and west, both indigenous and white or mestizo. They were seen as an insurmountable dream team. That alliance now lies smoldering, with the two presidential frontrunners openly airing their dirty laundry amid a vicious power struggle.

Venezuelan Government Denounces Right-Wing Terrorist Plan

December 16, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Educate! Electoral Politics, Latin America, Regime Change, Venezuela

Venezuelan Communication Minister, Jorge Rodriguez, denounced a terrorist plan Saturday led by the right-wing opposition, which was fortunately dismantled, but that it intended to attack detachments of the Venezuelan National Guard. Venezuelan Communication Minister, Jorge Rodriguez, revealed Saturday details of a terrorist operation that was intended to be perpetrated against the Gran Mariscal Sucre Headquarters and the Zonal Command No. 53 of the Bolivarian National Guard in the state of Sucre.

Morales’ MAS Defines Strategy For Elections And A Solution To The Political Crisis

December 16, 2019 Staff, Peoplesdispatch.org Organize! Bolivia, Electoral Politics, Evo Morales, Latin America, Regime Change

Political leaders, legislators, representatives of various social movements, grassroots organizations and trade unions from all the departments of Bolivia took part in the MAS assembly in Cochabamba on December 8. On December 7, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the left-wing political party of the ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales, held an assembly in the city of Cochabamba. The central aim was to reorganize the party and popular organizations to take steps to confront the current social and political crisis in the country before the presidential elections in 2020.

US Activists Arrested At Venezuela Embassy To Face Trial Without Key Documents

December 14, 2019 Umer Jamshaid, Urdupoint.com Resist! Activists, Latin America, Regime Change, Repression, Venezuela

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th December, 2019) A US judge ruled that four activists who were arrested during the State Department's seizure of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington in May must face trial without documents that activists say prove they were wrongly arrested, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Friday. Earlier this month, the activists had asked the court to order the US government to hand over documents that they say prove they cooperated with law enforcement officers in the days leading up to their arrest, court documents show.

The Popular Assemblies At The Heart Of The Chilean Uprising

December 14, 2019 Bree Busk, Roarmag.org Resist! Chile, Class Struggle, Latin America, Regime Change, Uprising

More than fifty days have passed since the Chilean uprising burst into existence. For those living it on the ground, it feels like much longer. The movement has already gone through several upheavals, alternately evolving and disintegrating in response to the changing terrain of struggle. The Piñera administration and its sympathizers have called — without success — for a return to normality. In response, the people have unequivocally stated that “normality” was the problem. Throughout the capital city of Santiago, graffiti reads: “I prefer the chaos.”

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