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HRW says ‘coup’ occurred in Bolivia
Jan 16, 2020 13:00Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the series of developments that led to the resignation of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales constituted a coup, raising the alarm about human rights abuses by the country’s military at the time.
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Bolivia’s ex-President Morales calls on people to form popular defense groups
Jan 13, 2020 13:53Bolivia’s exiled former President Evo Morales has called on his compatriots to form popular defense groups against potential acts of violence by the new government, which took power in a US-backed coup d’état against his government late last year.
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Bolivia’s new right-wing government intensifies crackdown on journalists, doctors
Jan 11, 2020 12:06Since November last year, the new Bolivian government has begun systematically destroying all voices opposed to it. TeleSUR, Bolivia TV and RT en Español have already been taken off the air, journalists have been shot, detained and tortured. Meanwhile, Al-Jazeera correspondent Teresa Bo was tear-gassed in the face live on air at point-blank range by riot police as she stood alone, talking to the camera.
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Mexico says Bolivian regime harassing diplomatic personnel after granting of asylum to Morales
Dec 26, 2019 11:43Mexico says the Bolivian regime is “harassing” and “intimidating” its diplomatic personnel in the Bolivian capital, La Paz, in what seems to be retribution for the granting of asylum by Mexico to former Bolivian president Evo Morales.
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US orchestrated 'coup' to tap Bolivia's lithium: Morales
Dec 25, 2019 06:46Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has accused the United States of orchestrating a “coup” aimed at gaining access to the Latin American country's vast lithium resources.
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Bolivia’s new US-backed interim gov’t wastes no time privatizing economy
Dec 23, 2019 16:48Senator Jeanine Añez is a strongly conservative politician who has described Bolivia’s indigenous majority as “satanic”.
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Bolivian regime issues arrest warrant for ex-president Morales
Dec 19, 2019 11:19The Bolivian regime has ordered the arrest of former president Evo Morales, who has been in exile since his forced resignation last month, after the interim government accused him of sedition and terrorism.
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Mexican president defends decision to grant former Bolivian leader political asylum
Dec 02, 2019 14:58Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defends granting political asylum to Bolivia’s ex-leader, who stepped down under the military’s pressure last month, saying Evo Morales was the “victim of a coup d’état.”
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Why the Trump regime toppled Bolivia’s Evo Morales
Dec 02, 2019 11:12Anyone supporting democracy the way it should be, the rule of law, and wanting Morales returned as Bolivia’s legitimate president, risks arrest and imprisonment on phony charges of terrorism and/or sedition.
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US is again complicit in an illegal coup, this time in Bolivia
Dec 02, 2019 10:40Once again, the United States is complicit in an illegal coup d’état in Latin America, this time in Bolivia. On November 10, a right-wing, anti-Indigenous group seized power after the Bolivian military’s removal of President Evo Morales, who had declared victory in the October 20 presidential election.