Sanders Has Denounced Coup, But Biden, Warren, and Buttigieg So Far Silent on Overthrow

[Uncle Joe]

11. This was a military coup no matter how you slice and dice it.

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The Trump administration has not been quiet about its desire for the removal of Bolivia’s socialist President Evo Morales, who resigned Sunday under threat from the nation’s military, police forces, and violent right-wing protesters.

Hours before Morales resigned in a televised address, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted his support for the findings of the U.S.-dominated Organization of American States (OAS), which alleged Morales’ victory in the October presidential election was riddled with fraud. Pompeo also echoed OAS’ call for new elections, a demand Morales accepted shortly before he was forced aside.

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Guillaume Long, senior policy analyst Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) and co-author of recent analysis of the October election, disputed the OAS findings in a statement last week, arguing “there is simply no statistical or evidentiary basis to dispute the vote count results showing that Evo Morales won in the first round.”

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“In the parlance of American empire,” Cohen said, “a military coup is considered an expression of democracy.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/in-statement-that-reads-like-a-chilling-warning-of-more-coups-to-come-trump-celebrates-military-coup-in-bolivia/