How America Does Latin American Coups in the New Political Era

[Zorro]

4. What a load of horseshit

Anyone remotely familiar with the attempted police "coup" knows that Correa took away long-time perks from the police, then went into an unhappy police crowd protesting his decision and called them crooks and thieves.

That wasn't the smartest thing for that hothead to do when surrounded by an armed and hostile crowd.

The drama queen then escalated the confrontation by ripping open his shirt and inviting the police to take a shot at him -- and when the police decided to oblige, he skedaddled to safer quarters.

This attempted police "coup" was of Correa's own making, and revisionists have since worked feverishly to spin the event as some heroic stand by the innocent Correa against nefarious forces supported by the US.

Any Latin American protests against "leftist" douchebags apparently can't be authentic, but must somehow be instigated by the USG. How very insulting and patronizing.