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The diplomat then proceeded to tell me who was and who was NOT Latin American, and pointing to the photo of a needy child which graced every table, he said: “For instance, that child there is not Latin American”. Astonished I asked how can you say that? She is Peruvian! “No, she is Indian. Latin Americans are those of us who stem from Spain and Portugal.” He was not kidding nor making some sort of epistemological statement on the origin of Latin languages. He was unashamedly, sneeringly ,...

This week Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia recognizes the acting president of Bolivia, Senator Janine Agnes as head of state, but only until an election is organized. This decision was made due to the fact that it was she who was to take the place of the interim head of the republic in accordance with the law after the resignation of the leadership. At the same time, the events preceding the change of power in the country, the Russian side regards as a coup....

Backgrounder.Council on Hemispheric AffairsBehind the Racist Coup in Bolivia Danny Shaw, lecturer of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender courses at the City University of New YorkSee alsoMore background.TricontinentalBolivia Does Not Exist Vijay Prashad, historianSee also CounterpunchBolivia and the Loud Silence Clark T. Scott

In Bolivia, the military, police, and right-wing extremists have carried out a coup against the elected government. They intend to remain in power by violently suppressing the country's indigenous and poor [that comprise the majority of the population and electorate]. Short summary to pass on.JacobinThe Far-Right Coup in BoliviaMatt Wilgress

Anti-EmpireBolivia’s New Self-Declared “Interim President” Believes Indians Are “Satanic”, Shouldn’t Be Allowed in Cities Marko Marjanović Statement from Colectivo Curva on the resistance of the people of El Alto in response to the ongoing coup attempt in Bolivia. Based in El Alto themselves, Colectivo Curva argue that the native peoples of El Alto remember their history of struggle against the Morales government: they do not fight for him and his party, but against an attack on their...

Col. Lang is a reactionary traditionalist. Pope Francis is a radical liberal. Coincidentally, Steven Bannon, also a reactionary traditionalist, is also highly critical of Francis.However, there is no provision in canon law for removal of a pope for "perceived" heresy, as far as I know.The liberal-traditionalist divide is asserting itself in a highly divisive world in which liberalism, traditionalism, fascism, and socialism are clashing in the historical dialectic, and the outcome is...

Anti-coup protesters have given right-wing leaders such as Fernando Camacho a 48-hour deadline to leave the capital La Paz. The Executive Committee of the United Trade Union Confederation of Bolivia (CSUTCB), declared their complete rejection of the coup and announced that in their mobilization to the capital their aim is to drive the violent right-wing out of the city. They wrote in a document “The CSUTCB instructs the nine departmental federations and the 26 regionals, to close in La Paz,...

Andrew Korybko analyzes the strategy and tactics of regime change by color revolution with respect to Bolivia. One WorldHere's How The Hybrid War On Bolivia Succeeded In Carrying Out Regime Change The Military Coup Against Morales Won't End The Hybrid War On Bolivia The Hybrid War On Bolivia: The Indirect Adaptive Approach To Regime Change Andrew Korybko

The latest South American progressive government to be taken over by right-wing thugs sponsored by the US is Bolivia. This comes just after the ousted President Evo Morales cancelled a 2018 contract with a German company to mine the nation’s lithium deposits. He was reported to have said:Bolivia’s lithium belongs to the Bolivian people … Not to multinational corporate cabals.... Bill Mitchell – billy blogJapan announces a stimulus as the Right take over BoliviaBill Mitchell | Professor in...

While the Trump administration intimates that this will not be the last, the Bolivia case is merely the latest in a long line of U.S.-backed coups in the region. Historian and former State Department employee William Blum calculated that the U.S. has overthrown over 50 governments since 1945, many of them in the region it considers its “backyard.” For example, in 2009, the U.S. supported a coup against the leftist government of Manuel Zelaya, blocking any regional or international response....