Bolivia's Morales was overthrown by a Western coup just like Iran's Mosaddegh

[Judi Lynn]

Abdullah Muradoğlu

There are indications that the U.S. was involved in the ousting of Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, in a military coup. Secret talks between American senators and Morales’ opponents were brought up before the elections on Oct. 20. The talks, which were leaked to the public, discussed action plans to destabilize Bolivia if Morales won the elections. It was stated that the Evangelical Church would support the coup attempt. The fact that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, known as “Tropical Trump”, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are passionate Evangelicals, points to the ideological link to the Evangelical architects of the Bolivian coup.

In January 2019, Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton came to a press conference at the White House with a file on which “5,000 soldiers to Colombia” was written. With this message, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was intimidated and pro-U.S. forces would be supported if they took to the streets. In Venezuela, the coup attempt did not work as expected, but Bolivia was next.

The U.S. has always called Latin America or South America its “backyard”. According to the Monroe Doctrine, Latin America is seen as though it falls under U.S. sovereignty. Therefore, any U.S. intervention in Latin America was seen as a “right”. This doctrine came to the fore during the Cold War. Since the late 1800s, the United States has repeatedly intervened in Latin America and was behind dozens of military coups.

In a speech to U.S. ambassadors in Latin America in the early 1950s, George Kennan, the architect of the U.S. policy of containment of the “Soviet Union” during the Cold War, made it clear that ruthless means would be needed to crush anti-U.S. movements. Kennan also said that they would prefer an authoritarian regime that protects U.S. interests rather than a liberal government which U.S. opponents infiltrate. This policy encouraged military coups in Latin America during the Cold War.

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1. They don't hate us for our freedoms.

Same old, same old.

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2. Venezuela and Iran are not out of the woods yet either..

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