surprised no one has been talking about it here. Especially amongst those liberals. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3204274.stm
I was gonna post it a few days ago, but wanted to see how the situation played out for a bit. Obviously it's a bit of a mess, but my understanding of Bolivian history is - no offense intended if you're reading, Jaime Moreno - that Bolivian history is best characterized, overall, as a 'bit of a mess'.
"Nationalism also plays a key role. The idea of selling off Bolivia's gas to the US was always certain to anger the president's left-wing opponents, fearful of being exploited by the "gringos" to the north. " Damn Gringos.
More unrest? Bolivian President Luis Arce denounced the 'irregular mobilization' of some army units in La Paz and former leader Evo Morales accused a top general of plotting a coup https://www.threads.net/@reuters/po...QGzt0x9ID62jZutiu3e0N8dMNLhekV_BoO6E8BNt7YOnA https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...irregular-mobilization-army-units-2024-06-26/
" LA PAZ, Bolivia — Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as a top government official warned of a coup attempt and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployments of troops were taking place in the capital. " https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...olivia-troops-pour-streets-capital-rcna159139 " Bolivia's presidential palace has been stormed by soldiers as the country's ex-president warned of an unfolding "coup". "We are going to recover this homeland," General Juan José Zúñiga told reporters from Murillo Square after it was taken by troops, according to the El Deber newspaper." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c288eewr1wko
Some tweets from down there 🔴ULTIMO MINUTO🚨 Un pais comunista menos en el mundo, #Bolivia 💪 pic.twitter.com/pms0lTSCdq— X (@EarthquakeChil1) June 26, 2024 URGENT🚨🇧🇴 "The coup d'état in #Bolivia is brewing." — says Evo Morales. Right now, tanks and armed forces are deployed to the capital of La Paz where they have surrounded the office of President Luis Arce Catacora. People’s movements have called for urgent popular mobilization… pic.twitter.com/d4y8NOR9hX— International Peoples' Assembly (@peoplesassembl_) June 26, 2024 🚨BREAKING: A coup is underway in #Bolivia, with tanks seen at the entrance of the presidential palace, an armored vehicle ramming into the doors to allow troops to enter, and those troops storming the building pic.twitter.com/8XIhIB1G4r— Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 (@YourAnonTV) June 26, 2024 #Último #BoliviaMomento en el que el presidente Luis Arce y el comandante del Ejército de Bolivia, Gral, Juan José Zúñiga, se encuentran en el Palacio Quemado. pic.twitter.com/bMtcsbadd8— La Razón Digital (@LaRazon_Bolivia) June 26, 2024
I find comments like this confusing. Why? Do you think all liberals are socialists? If so, then you need to stop watching Fox News because it has hindered your ability to think critically. You simply recite propaganda as if it is reality. Seriously, stop being stupid.
El general Zúñiga comments regarding the events, about changing the ministers in governments. ⚠️🇧🇴 El general Zúñiga confirma sus intenciones golpistas al afirmar que forzará, con ayuda de las Fuerzas Armadas, un cambio en ministros en el Gabinete de gobierno.🔴🚨⚡️Esto después de que el gobierno Boliviano reclamara a EEUU por intromisión en asuntos internos.#Bolivia pic.twitter.com/tPd2YtQMby— Andrey De La Mancha🇲🇽🇵🇸 🇷🇺 🇻🇪 (@AndreyDLaMancha) June 26, 2024 "No la cague General" lol Presidente @LuchoXBolivia #Bolivia #Crisis pic.twitter.com/PolD91sGpq— Jéssica Echeverría (@AbogadaJessicaE) June 26, 2024
Latinos are always blaming the CIA for everything. Something that I am seeing, people that are supporting the coup keep calling Evo Morales a Pedophile, maybe that insult is a right wing thing, I do not know. #MelZelaya ya pidió a través de su esposa #Xiomarazelaya una asamblea de emergencia a los presidentes de la #CELAC tras los eventos militares en #BoliviaLos comunistas ya saltaron a la defensa de su cómplice el pedófilo y chavista #EvoMorales y al otro socialista #LuisArce pic.twitter.com/qxckhbSd9x— Bydebrey (@ByDebrey) June 26, 2024
It's one thing for the Gringos to destabilize South American economies, support torturers, murder presidents, and so on. But when they go as far as beating a South American team in futbol, all hell breaks lose. Enough is enough!
Just like that it seems to be over, maybe just a show of force. "The military has left the presidential palace and the plaza. Los militares al mando de Juan José Zúñiga se retiran de Palacio de Gobierno y el pueblo sale a las calles a defender al Presidente @LuchoXBolivia. El golpe de Estado en #Bolivia ha fracasado. pic.twitter.com/25KII3FCtV— Edgar Juárez Uscanga (@JuarezUscanga) June 26, 2024 Soldiers and armored vehicles retreat from Murillo Square after the inauguration of the new military high command. General Zúñiga has also left the scene. #Bolivia #CoupAttempt #MurilloSquare pic.twitter.com/Uzo5MD6zbg— British Pakistani Index (@PakistaniIndex) June 26, 2024 I guess Bolivia will have 2 sets of military leaders until this fully settles. The President has fired the General (Generals) behind the coup attempt and named new commanders. #GolpeDeEstado #BoliviaEl presidente Luis Arce ha anunciado la destitución del general Zúñiga, responsable de lo que ya parece un golpe militar fracasado.El nuevo comandante ha ordenado el repliegue de las fuerzas sublevadas.Aquí en vivo desde Bolivia:… pic.twitter.com/SGD6QT0Hbv— Témoris Grecko (@temoris) June 26, 2024 #Nuevomandomilitar de #Bolivia José Sánchez Velásquez, comandante del Ejército de las FFAA Gerardo Zabala Álvarez, comandante de la Fuerza Aérea Renán Guardia Ramírez, de la Armada. #Noalgolpe #Democracia pic.twitter.com/c1no0OeDkF— Sarai Amoros Ramos (@SaraiteleSur) June 26, 2024
I'm going to summon @spejic by mentioning Blake's 7 - an old British sci fi tv show about a revolutionary who escapes captivity with a number of convicted criminals, takes over an advanced alien spacecraft and uses it to go fighting the totalitarian Earth government. The revolutionary, Blake, was first accused of being a political dissident and had his mind wiped, but when his memories start to come back, the bad guys accuse him of being a pedophile - then he gets sent off to the penal colony, escapes, steals the spaceship, and the adventure commences. Anyways, the charges of child molestation are used as kind of an indefensible thing - even if someone is very likely to be innocent, if there's even a small chance that the charges are true, people support locking up the accused, in order to protect the children. You saw this with Qanon stuff over the last several years - even if the whole thing is super unlikely, if there's a small chance that kids are being trafficked in the basement of the pizza place, you'd better show up there with a gun just to be sure.
" An hour later, Arce announced new heads of the army, navy and air force amid the roar of supporters. Video showed troops setting up blockades outside the government palace. He said the troops who rose against him were “staining the uniform” of the military and vowed that democracy would be respected. “I order all that are mobilized to return to their units, said the newly named army chief José Wilson Sánchez. “No one wants the images we’re seeing in the streets.”" https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-...e-coup-fears-028cd88f3be1fb02164c05deb0faa099
One of the things that coup supporters keep mentioning is that Evo Morales may try to run for President again and that was one of the reasons behind the coup, I do not know how real is that, if it is similar how Maga claims that Obama is the real power behind Biden. Long story short #Bolivia Army Gral Zuñiga gave interview saying he was going to jail narco ped0hile Evo Morales for attempting another illegal candidacy. Zuñiga was fired & he came back with a show of force to tell Evo & Luis Arce not to mess w/ him. Zuñiga is a proxy of Cuba G2— LatinAmericanFreedom (@LatAmFr) June 26, 2024
It’s disgraceful that you are fanning these flames by boosting a random tweet. You can find any damn thing on the internet. It takes judgment, which you lack, to decide what is worth posting and what isn’t.
There have been at least two allegations from minors, but Morales has denied the claims. One of the minors even added a paternity claim, which he also denied. At one point, there were calls to bring him to justice, but he said it was all politically motivated. There was also a paternity claim from a former girlfriend (not underage) in which he admitted that he had a child, but claimed that the child had died, and the woman claimed that he was still alive. One would think that a paternity claim wouldn't be hard to prove if true, but it's Bolivia, so who knows?
Sounds like the coup leader has been detained. Bolivia detains ex-army chief who led attempted coup, according to local media reports. https://cnn.it/4eCVWjR https://www.threads.net/@cnn/post/C8st2LaqBUP/?xmt=AQGzF__6Jd6MMZYO5Erw90NMH0QqWm0YMo_vue63MJ2LaQ