The Calling Cards of a Rightwing Coup
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
by LAURA CARLSEN
The coup d’etat in Bolivia has divided not only that country but the world.
The mainstream press, the Trump administration, the Washington-compliant Organization of American States, and right-wing governments have hailed the ousting of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president.
That’s to be expected. The U.S. has long plotted regime change for a government that not only openly espoused socialism, but set a terrible example — in the logic of the still-present Cold War — by succeeding in improving the living conditions of its population and attaining the highest growth rates in the region.
What’s unexpected is the defense of the coup from parts of the left that have refused to call it a coup, and instead insist that the actions of the Morales government led to its own downfall.
The events and the aftermath tell a clear story: There was a coup in Bolivia, which has installed a virulently racist and fundamentalist, anti-women regime, with the full support and planning from the U.S. government and the OAS.
More:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/11/22/the-calling-cards-of-a-rightwing-coup/
