What Would Happen if Morales Wins in Bolivia?

Can you fill me in?

Did Morales win? Did the US shut down relations?

Evo Morales, Classic or Dud? Too soon to know, obv., but a fascinating guy.

So...how do we feel he is doing so far?

Also has anyone read the Benjamin Dangl book yet?

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1203/1/

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h7k_uQWUdijxfsrqRadaeLMjq9XQD9F708C80

kinda lol but mostly sad, sure "problems being men" will mean homosexuality.

probably just means problems getting or keeping it up, no? hence use of word "virility".

latin leaders be superstitious.

nah, just read it in spanish, he uses the phrase "desviaciones en su ser como hombres" which is fairly unambiguous.

just sad that i have to stop eating chicken tbh :(

heaveho morales

thread

In most of the major Latin American coups I can think of, 1) the elected President and supporters did make errors, or even broke the law and 2) the coup was preceded by protests.

What matters is how the leader is removed, and which power is installed afterward

— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) November 11, 2019

"But Morales broke the law!"

"Not fuckin nearly enough tho"

https://external-preview.redd.it/2Va1MxN3LglUkrQ7RbmiHGouBC9vhAx2kDqwrImz5qw.png?auto=webp&s=0815e0c2d721afca67b943d9cccecf3747a7d5fd

do I personally like the idea of a 4-term president? Nope (though do a coup on Merkel next)

Oh come the fuck on. Can we stop being complete idiots here?

on Twitter?

Lol. Obviously not. Ilx.

you could read the thread were he admits the comparison to merkel is "broad" and that morales "violated the spirit of the law (at least)"

Thanks, I did read it. It's not 'broad' it's idiotic.

what's idiotic about it?

fred could i drop u off a building

jim, are you kidding me?

For one, president and chancellor is not the same thing.

https://media.giphy.com/media/Zd1BUb0qs6nwjeMUBu/source.gif

Frank-Walter Steinmeier needs to be put in his place - as soon as anyone finds out who he is.

Lol @ it was sooo on the cards that Feed would defend the coup

Nobody is defending the coup you fucking moron

But talk about 'on the cards' of you to claim that, lol

fred thinks we can read his mind i think

The American public should know the extent to which the entirety of the US media and political class is explicitly or implicitly throwing their weight behind someone who openly uses genocidal language against indigenous people

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) November 13, 2019

ah, of course it's about the lithium, makes sense

https://www.globalresearch.ca/heres-why-the-us-wants-to-break-bolivia-to-bits-with-hybrid-war/5542595

Mark Weisbrot: "The OAS lied to the public about the Bolivian election and coup” https://t.co/fA3zZ6YJTm

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) November 19, 2019

holy moley

Bolivia's Indigenous/Andean architecture. These 'Cholets' are product of the economic boom under Evo that redistributed wealth outside the white elite. Development with identity. pic.twitter.com/NnYh7dlLRC

— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) February 11, 2020

As Bolivia gears up for a do-over election on May 3, the country remains in unrest following the Nov. 10 military-backed coup against incumbent President Evo Morales.

A quick recap: Morales claimed victory in October’s election, but the opposition protested about what it called electoral fraud. A Nov. 10 report from the Organization of American States (OAS) noted election irregularities, which “leads the technical audit team to question the integrity of the results of the election on October 20.” Police then joined the protests and Morales sought asylum in Mexico.

The military-installed government charged Morales with sedition and terrorism. A European Union monitoring report noted that some 40 former electoral officials have been arrested and face criminal charges of sedition and subversion, and 35 people have died in the post-electoral conflict. The highest-polling presidential candidate, a member of Morales’s Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS-IPSP) party, has received a summons from prosecutors for undisclosed crimes, a move some analysts suspect was aimed to keep him off the ballot.

The media has largely reported the allegations of fraud as fact. And many commentators have justified the coup as a response to electoral fraud by MAS-IPSP. However, as specialists in election integrity, we find that the statistical evidence does not support the claim of fraud in Bolivia’s October election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/26/bolivia-dismissed-its-october-elections-fraudulent-our-research-found-no-reason-suspect-fraud/

Evo Morales’ party is likely to dominate Bolivia’s September election, while the unelected coup government is barely polling above 10%. https://t.co/ZylpHPgDtZ

— zach carter ☭ (@zachjcarter) July 7, 2020

Also: Amex announced she has covid

*Anez

Bolivia's coup Defense Minister, Fernando Lopez, wore a US Army face mask when speaking to media today. pic.twitter.com/byMYGntTSo

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) July 21, 2020

BREAKING: Bolivia's elections have been suspended for the third time by the electoral authorities appointed by the coup President. The new date for elections will be October 18th. pic.twitter.com/a4n2rnn0GN

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) July 23, 2020

https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bolivia-museum-directors-sacked/

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN24T2X9?

#Bolivia de facto President Jeanine Añez resigs her candidacy for the presidential elections on October 18 pic.twitter.com/F6UhhEitVQ

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) September 18, 2020

idk if this is good news for Arce if her voters transfer over to Mesa. The only thing that can stop him is a united opposition.

I saw some footage of Anez, her speech to unite the right else Morales comes back.

If Joe Biden was President, we wouldn't have to see the kind of shenanigans that went down today.

Congratulations to Luis Arce and MAS for their resounding victory in the Bolivian elections!

A triumph for the left and for the restoration of democracy. A big defeat for the coup regime and all its backers. pic.twitter.com/xHXGJgVteK

— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) October 19, 2020

has anybody read any good (not foreign affairs magazine type) long articles about the anti-coup activities in bolivia over the last year. little reporting i've read has been pretty piecemeal and largely in publications that seem disappointed not to be congratulating the cia

good job nyt

Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, returned to the country on Monday, a year after his failed attempt to keep power tore the nation apart and sent him into exile.https://t.co/BRSygQrS4T

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 9, 2020

loooool

I hope you realise the impact your refusal to stop hitting yourself is having

haha omg

I don't know why I bother on this message board but...Morales did fail to get voters to approve the change needed in the Bolivian constitution for him to serve a fourth term as president.

I think it’s time for Bolivia’s left wing to let go of Morales.

y'all know he wasn't on the ballot, right

Of course, but he still holds a lot of power through the unions and MAS.

or do you mean that Bolivia's left wing should abandon his party, who just won 55% of the vote in a three way race xp

I think he should just retire and let other people continue the good work.

Other people at MAS, that is.

Why?

13 years at the helm is good enough. Term limits are important, he already amended the constitution by packing the courts with his people to get past one. He did good stuff for Bolivia and his legacy can live on with MAS, but I honestly think that him seeking too much power again will hinder MAS’s objectives today.

Let MAS decide what will or won't hinder them.

no coup them

Let MAS decide what will or won't hinder them.

Arce has distanced himself from Morales.

All I'm seeing is the odd rally after a return from exile rn.

Después de ganar las elecciones del 18 de octubre y contar ya con un gobierno democrático, con los hermanos @LuchoXBolivia y @LaramaDavid tenemos la responsabilidad de garantizar la dignidad, la soberanía, la independencia y la estabilidad de #Bolivia. Esa es nuestra lucha. pic.twitter.com/j1vUpAFMVR

— Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) November 11, 2020

He can be a spiritual figure and have rallies all he want, I just hope he lets Arce, the person who was elected by the people, do his job.

i guess its a free country tho

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BREAKING: Bolivia has cancelled and returned the full sum of the US $346.7 Million IMF loan taken out by the coup regime, in rejection of IMF impositions on internal economic policy.

As of February 2021, the loan had already racked up $24.3 Million in interest and commissions. pic.twitter.com/4sPkAJRtsg

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) February 17, 2021

Ah! those lovely multi-million dollar "commissions" so deservingly earned by some mega-banks for assisting with the paperwork and handling the transfer of funds.

seems really big, don't know if there's any precedent for this but it would be great if this sets one

It's wonderful

https://t.co/YMZeNTRsVj pic.twitter.com/PxIgacfWHq

— Teenage Dengist (@lib_crusher) March 12, 2021

Ha! pic.twitter.com/3QN23n63kp

— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) March 13, 2021

Ridiculous to call it a coup when there was legitimate elections and landslide victory for the opposition party and a peaceful transfer of power.

Didn’t the government that took over last year without being democratically elected kill dozens of protesters? And people continued to protest? I don’t think the legitimate elections happened in a vacuum.

xp lol what???? Her party polled 4% and as for peaceful, you don’t remove criminal liability from police and the military if you think the transfer of power is going to be peaceful.

Don't let's be beastly to the fascists

First pictures emerge of former Bolivian dictator Jeanine Añez behind bars. 🇧🇴 pic.twitter.com/6ZTPTm3ypJ

— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) March 13, 2021

Didn’t the government that took over last year without being democratically elected kill dozens of protesters? And people continued to protest? I don’t think the legitimate elections happened in a vacuum.

― JoeStork, Saturday, March 13, 2021 10:18 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Was she in charge of the military while Morales resigned under military threat? Or of the National Union of Workers?

Did she make the election audit that lead to widespread false claims that Morales had committed electoral fraud?

If there is clarity that she indeed contributed to the errors to the OAS report or that she colluded with the National Union and military to oust Morales, then I'll gladly called it a coup.

I still think a Morales 4th term would be largely unconstitutional and that he ought to have respected the results of the 2016 referendum.

Do they have hanging for fascists like Anez in Bolivia? Be cool if they did.

Calling it opposition crackdown is hyperbolic, Añez barely represents the opposition.

https://fair.org/home/to-western-media-prosecuting-bolivian-coup-leaders-is-worse-than-leading-a-coup/

If there is clarity that she indeed contributed to the errors to the OAS report or that she colluded with the National Union and military to oust Morales, then I'll gladly called it a coup.

just a perfect, fabulous idiot.

Añez's daughter traveled to the United States this week to seek assistance from allies in Washington.

She thanked José Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch for allowing her to "expose the dramatic situation" while posing in front of HRC (LGBTQ advocacy, different from HRW) pic.twitter.com/tFYUNIUvtu

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) September 9, 2021

Really good thread, directed @ leftists.

a vietnamese communist posted a picture with a plot of land given to them by the government and was immediately inundated with responses from ""leftists"" living in imperialist nations asking things like "heh, when is your government gonna allow independent unions" look at us man

— pez (@periuspb) November 10, 2021

how it started how it's going pic.twitter.com/80jhMYHFaw

— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) June 12, 2022

#UPDATE Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday over an alleged plot to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.

Anez will serve 10 years in a women's prison in La Paz pic.twitter.com/xJmwiKB4nf

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 11, 2022

Alleged plot

'coup'

sounds like another coup attempt happening now?

yeah, just saw that

Holy shit. Even the 2019 coup leader Jeanine Añez has condemned the unauthorized mobilization of Bolivia’s armed forces. Hard to see the coalition that would align in its favor… https://t.co/S9ftQdZtTi

— David Adler (@davidrkadler) June 26, 2024

Seen off in no time.

Yea it's over, the President is already swearing in a New Chief of armed forces. This is certainly one of the coups of all time. https://t.co/kZAzdYLRJL pic.twitter.com/2M7qYaY4wn

— Fubar🇦🇬 (@Captain_Fubar) June 26, 2024

Before entering the government building, Zúñiga told journalists in the plaza: “Surely soon there will be a new Cabinet of ministers; our country, our state cannot go on like this.” But, he said, “for now” he recognizes Arce as commander in chief.

Almost sounds like he's asking the journalists to do the coup for him

Once a star of the left, Evo Morales is now in hiding in an isolated Bolivian town, where thousands of supporters armed with sticks are helping him avoid arrest on statutory rape charges

Our story from Lauca Ñ, inside his bunker https://t.co/bxkJTACezO

— Marcelo Rochabrún (@mrochabrun) March 6, 2025

Neoliberal shock therapy has begun in Bolivia. Fuel subsidies have just been cut by the new pro-US govt, massive inflation begins:

Gas prices ⬆️ 83%
Diesel ⬆️ 163%
Bus fares ⬆️ 100%
Food ⬆️ 100+%

Unions have given the govt 24hrs to reverse the decision or mass protests begin. pic.twitter.com/6kcZPSAe64

— Ollie Vargas (@Ollie_Vargas_) December 19, 2025