AlterNet: Is a U.S.-Approved Coup Under Way in Bolivia?

[marmar]

Is a U.S.-Approved Coup Under Way in Bolivia?

By Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. Posted September 23, 2008.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces that a coup d'etat by right-wing regional governors is under way.



On Monday, Sept. 15, Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Santiago, Chile for an emergency meeting of Latin American leaders that convened to seek a resolution to the recent conflict in Bolivia. Upon his arrival, Morales said, "I have come here to explain to the presidents of South America the civic coup d'etat by governors in some Bolivian states in recent days. This is a coup in the past few days by the leaders of some provinces, with the takeover of some institutions, the sacking and robbery of some government institutions and attempts to assault the national police and the armed forces."

Morales was arriving from his country, where the smoke was still rising from a week of right-wing government opposition violence that left the nation paralyzed, at least 30 people dead, and businesses, government and human rights buildings destroyed.

During the same week, Morales declared Philip Goldberg, the U.S. ambassador in Bolivia, a "persona non grata" for "conspiring against democracy" and for his ties to the Bolivian opposition. The recent conflict in Bolivia and the subsequent meeting of presidents raise the questions: What led to this meltdown? Whose side is the Bolivian military on? And what does the Bolivian crisis and regional reaction tell us about the new power bloc of South American nations?

Massacre in Pando

On Sept. 11, in the tropical Bolivian department of Pando, which borders Brazil and Peru, a thousand pro-Morales men, women and children were heading toward Cobija, the department's capital, to protest the right-wing Gov. Leopoldo Fernández and his thugs' takeover of the city and airport. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/audits/99832/is_a_u.s.-approved_coup_under_way_in_bolivia/

[ConcernedCanuk]

1. USA PNAC gang would approve AND support any coup that serves their evil goals.

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They've been doing it for decades,

why would they stop now . .

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[JCMach1]

2. KICK... CIA is trying to take out Morales

:grr: