Imperial Designs? Current US Ambassador to Brazil Served in Paraguay Prior to 2012 Coup

[Judi Lynn]

Imperial Designs? Current US Ambassador to Brazil Served in Paraguay Prior to 2012 Coup


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U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde waves at the Brasilia International airport, upon her arrival, Sept. 16, 2013.
| Photo: Agencia Brasil

Published 14 May 2016 (5 hours 47 minutes ago)
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The U.S. ambassador to Brazil previously served in Paraguay in the lead up to the 2012 coup against Lugo, who was ousted in a manner similar to Rousseff.


The possible role of the United States government in the ouster of the democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff is being scrutinized after it emerged that Liliana Ayalde, the present U.S. ambassador to Brazil, previously served as ambassador to Paraguay in the lead up to the 2012 coup against President Fernando Lugo.

In a case very similar to the current political crisis unfolding in Brazil, Lugo was ousted by the country's Congress in June 2012 in what was widely labeled a parliamentary coup.

The left-leaning Lugo took office in August 2008 and his election marked the end of 61 years of rule by the Colorado Party.

His political opponents, like Rousseff's, began conspiring against him almost immediately and Lugo faced threats of impeachment barely a year into his term.

More:
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Ambassador-to-Brazil-Served-in-Paraguay-Prior-to-2012-Coup-20160514-0017.html

[2naSalit]

1. Indeed...

Shock Doctrine 2.0.

[Zorro]

2. Uhhhh...the vote of 76-1 for Lugo's impeachment doesn't exactly qualify as a "coup"

but then again it's a teleSUR article, and everyone knows that's one of the truly unbiased sources of credible information about South American affairs.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Memory refresher time: Behind Paraguay's coup

26 July 2012

Behind Paraguay's coup

At the heart of the nation's current crisis is an ongoing battle over land.

By Benjamin Dangl

Each bullet hole in downtown Asunción, Paraguay light posts tells a story. Some of them are from civil wars decades ago, some from successful and unsuccessful coups, others from police crackdowns. The size of the hole, the angle of the ricochet, all tell of an escape, a death, and another dictator in the palace by the river.

On June 22 of this year, a new tyrant entered the government palace. The right-wing Federico Franco became president in what has been deemed a parliamentary coup against democratically elected, left-leaning President Fernando Lugo.

What lies behind today's headlines, political fights and struggles for justice is a conflict over access to land. Land in Paraguay is power and money for the elites and survival and dignity for the poor, and has been at the centre of major political and social battles in Paraguay for decades. In order to understand the crisis in post-coup Paraguay, it's necessary to grasp the political weight of the nation's soil at the heart of its current crisis.

The coup

Hope surrounded the electoral victory of Fernando Lugo in 2008, a victory that ended the right-wing Colorado Party's 61-year dominance of Paraguayan politics. It was a victory against the injustice and nightmare of the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship (1954-1989), and a new addition to the region's left-leaning governments. The election of Lugo, a former bishop and adherent to liberation theology, was due in large part to grassroots support from the campesino (small farmer) sector and Lugo's promise of long-overdue land reform.

More:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/2012724104721484209.html