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NOVEMBER 13 ,2019 BY PAUL ANTONOPOULOS
It certainly has been a difficult year for reactionaries and neoliberals in South America as they failed to violently replace Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with U.S.-puppet Juan Guaidó, implement International Monetary Fund (IMF) demands against Ecuador after the people rose up, maintain the popularity of Chiles billionaire President Sebastián Piñeras after his attempts to raise the price of metro travel expanded into a larger anti-neoliberal movement, Evo Morales re-election in Bolivia, the election of Alberto Fernández in Argentina against neoliberal president Mauricio Macri, and, former Brazilian President Lulas release from prison last week after serving a small part of his long sentence.
It certainly appears that the so-called Pink Tide, the wave of socialist and left-leaning governments that came to power across Latin America in the 2000s and peaking in 2011, is returning to the region after being effectively replaced by the so-called Blue Tide, the Conservative Wave that saw Brazil, Argentina, Peru and other states return to conservative neoliberal governments. Effectively, the Monroe Doctrine has guided Washingtons belief since at least 1823 that Latin America is its backyard and has a right to protect it from foreign powers.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales was one of the figures at the forefront of creating sovereignty and independence from the U.S. The first indigenous president of Bolivia reduced illiteracy from 13% in 2006 to 2.4% in 2018, reduced poverty from 60.6% in 2006 to 34.6% in 2018 and reduced unemployment from 9.2% in 2006 to 4.1% in 2018 this was mostly achieved by ensuring that industries remained nationalized or were renationalized, and by becoming independent of the World Bank and the IMF.
And therefore, in Bolivia, the American Empire Struck Back.
With the American Empire experiencing major losses in Latin America this year, most significantly in Venezuela, while also seeing the release of former Brazilian President and pan-Latin Americanist, Lula, from prison, a quick victory was needed. A coup against Morales appeared to be the simplest victory for the Empire to achieve.
More:
https://ahtribune.com/world/americas/bolivia/3655-morales-removal.html
dware
(12,543 posts)This wasn't a US inspired coup, this was a popular people's uprising against a dictator violating the Bolivian Constitution, plain and simple.
EX500rider
(10,891 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)President Anez appeared with a big bible to take her place and has some background comments about the indigenous calling their rituals satanic and they dont belong in the city and dont forget
Camacho is another big time evangelical also
After Moraless resignation, Camacho entered the government palace in La Paz, & placed a Bible on the Bolivian flag . He said that the Pachamama (the Andean Mother Earth goddess) will never return to Bolivia.
Bolivia belongs to God.
They really want to remove the culture so not too far thinking to wonder what they want for the people
This has lead to protests and counter protest and military all in the streets but maybe Im missing the mainstream US coverage other than a mention
In Canada , Trudeau government is not following the U.S. in backing a rw politician with the history of her past statements but are not taking any side right now either .
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bolivia-canada-morales-anez-1.5358518
Our other neighboring country, Mexico, has welcomed Morales to Mexico City
The twitter comment mentioned in the op link
Link to tweet
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