Western Media Whitewash Bolivia's Far-Right Coup
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Western Media Whitewash Bolivias Far-Right Coup
LUCAS KOERNER AND RICARDO VAZ
Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media can hardly conceal their adulation.
Jeanine Áñez declared herself interim president in a near-empty Senate chamber on November 12, proceeding to don the presidential sash with the assistance of uniformed soldiers. Despite a lack of quorum rendering the move nakedly unconstitutional, Áñez was immediately recognized by the Trump administration and 10 Downing Street.
Tuesdays scene seemed like a parody of Januarys events in Venezuela, in which a virtually unknown lawmaker, invoking highly dubious constitutional arguments, proclaimed himself interim president to the delight of Washington.
For all the supposed threat Trump represents and the enthusiasm sparked by his possible impeachment, Western media continue to march lockstep behind his administrations coups in Latin America.
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NOVEMBER 15, 2019
LUCAS KOERNER AND RICARDO VAZ
Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media can hardly conceal their adulation.
Jeanine Áñez declared herself interim president in a near-empty Senate chamber on November 12, proceeding to don the presidential sash with the assistance of uniformed soldiers. Despite a lack of quorum rendering the move nakedly unconstitutional, Áñez was immediately recognized by the Trump administration and 10 Downing Street.
Tuesdays scene seemed like a parody of Januarys events in Venezuela, in which a virtually unknown lawmaker, invoking highly dubious constitutional arguments, proclaimed himself interim president to the delight of Washington.
For all the supposed threat Trump represents and the enthusiasm sparked by his possible impeachment, Western media continue to march lockstep behind his administrations coups in Latin America.
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The right-wing violence was framed as clashes (DW, 11/8/19; France 24, 11/8/19) over controversial or disputed electoral results (Washington Post, 11/07/19; BBC, 11/7/19) enabling the US-backed opposition to don the mantle of pro-democracy protesters. To bolster this fraud narrative, Western journalists uncritically repeat the US-financed OAS claims of irregularities, and largely ignore a CEPR report that found no evidence discrediting the results.
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genxlib
(5,524 posts)It is always the proud ones you have to look out for.
I prefer the humble ones..if at all.
LessAspin
(1,153 posts)On The Media went rogue on this tweet...
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Thanks for posting, Judi