Bolivia’s Socialist Government Confronts Separatist, Racist Uprising

Bolivia’s Socialist Government Confronts Separatist, Racist Uprising

Leaders of the Santa Cruz department in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands, the nation’s largest, immediately demanded a census in 2023, not in 2024. Department governor Luis Camacho and Rómulo Calvo, president of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee, warned that without a settlement on the census, they would initiate a strike aimed at undoing the department’s economy, and thereby the national economy.

In response, “over one million Bolivians mobilized” on Aug. 25 in support of the government and against a regional leadership group that is the vanguard of opposition to Bolivia’s socialist and indigenous-led government. Even so, the strike began on Oct. 22. Recent Bolivian history suggests another coup may be in the offing.

The U.S. government and the Organization of American States, serving the United States, facilitated the coup that removed the Morales government in 2019 after his election to a fourth term. Luis Camacho of Santa Cruz led the coup and reportedly delivered the U.S. moneys used in various payoffs. Bolivia’s military participated.

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Too bad AOC didn’t care just as much for the Bolivian people before the coup d’etat!

AOC slammed Kamala Harris for telling Guatemalan migrants ‘do not come,’ saying the US helped destabilize the country in the first place

“First, seeking asylum at any US border is a 100% legal method of arrival,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“Second, the US spent decades contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin America. We can’t help set someone’s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing,” she continued.

Too bad she didn’t care just as much for the Bolivian people before the coup d’etat!

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Or how about Venezuelans?!

The 2019 Coup In Bolivia and USA’s Continuing Hypocrisy, by Yanis Iqbal

By Yanis Iqbal Writer, Dandelion Salad Aligarh, India March 29, 2021

On 27 March, 2021, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken released a press statement wherein he said:

“The United States is deeply concerned by growing signs of anti-democratic behavior and the politicization of the legal system in Bolivia in light of the recent arrest and pre-trial imprisonment of former interim government officials.”

The 2019 Coup In Bolivia and USA’s Continuing Hypocrisy, by Yanis Iqbal