For one, president and chancellor is not the same thing.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
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― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
Frank-Walter Steinmeier needs to be put in his place - as soon as anyone finds out who he is.
― 'Skills' Wallace (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
Lol @ it was sooo on the cards that Feed would defend the coup
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
Nobody is defending the coup you fucking moron
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
But talk about 'on the cards' of you to claim that, lol
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
fred thinks we can read his mind i think
― ت (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
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
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
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
― Book Doula (sleeve), Thursday, 14 November 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Mark Weisbrot: "The OAS lied to the public about the Bolivian election and coup” https://t.co/fA3zZ6YJTm— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) November 19, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
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
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 12 February 2020 21:30 (four years ago) link
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.
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/
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 27 February 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
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
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 10 July 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
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
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
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
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bolivia-museum-directors-sacked/
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN24T2X9?
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 30 July 2020 15:17 (three years ago) link
#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
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 18 September 2020 09:32 (three years ago) link
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.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 18 September 2020 09:59 (three years ago) link
I saw some footage of Anez, her speech to unite the right else Morales comes back.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 18 September 2020 10:02 (three years ago) link
If Joe Biden was President, we wouldn't have to see the kind of shenanigans that went down today.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 19 October 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
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
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 10:50 (three years ago) link
Local residents have turned up at MAS HQ in La Paz, to celebrate the victory of the people against the coup. pic.twitter.com/8vzWljceJ5— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) October 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
Without knowing anything about him I'm sure we haven't heard the last of that behelmeted Mamani geezer.
― nashwan, Monday, 19 October 2020 10:58 (three years ago) link
All the Leninists in the house:
Bolivia demonstrates that if you build a mass movement rooted in working class communities and driven by the grass roots, you build a resilient movement, that can withstand the might of an empire and continue to fight for a better future - el pueblo unido, jamás será vencido pic.twitter.com/M4utaCFLOK— Paul O'Connell (@pmpoc) October 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:10 (three years ago) link
"I'm sure we haven't heard the last of that behelmeted Mamani geezer"
lol classic full-kit wanker
― calzino, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:23 (three years ago) link
wish Fred was still here to tell us why this is bad
― Notes on "Scamp" (Noodle Vague), Monday, 19 October 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
You and me both.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:26 (three years ago) link
fred might be gone but his spirit is indomitable
― calzino, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:29 (three years ago) link
Sir Keith, why are you not 20 points ahead like this
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:33 (three years ago) link
This is also good.
Church of the National Police of Chile burns. #FelizCumpleanosDignidad https://t.co/OTlcvXn8ja— Audrey Shipp (@adri16) October 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
xphe shouldn't have worn a hardhat, that look only works for tories.. oh hang on a minute..
― calzino, Monday, 19 October 2020 11:37 (three years ago) link
Remember that Daniel Jadue of the Communist Party is currently tied for first or leading in multiple polls for the first round of Chile's presidential election next year pic.twitter.com/lxet1vi4hU— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) October 19, 2020
― calzino, Monday, 19 October 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
Bolivian fascist Fernando Camacho crying pic.twitter.com/0Hs52ty8DR— Camila (@camilateleSUR) October 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
already seeing ppl say bolivians "voted out fascism." that is not what happened. u dont need to know much abt the situation to kno that this was only possible bc a full year of militant resistance by thousands of ppl, mostly indigenous ppl & workers, made the coup untenable pic.twitter.com/673U8VVybM— '''mold,,, (@mac_mold) October 19, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 19 October 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
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
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
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
― JoeStork, Monday, 9 November 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
loooool
― Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Monday, 9 November 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
I hope you realise the impact your refusal to stop hitting yourself is having
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 9 November 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
haha omg
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 10:43 (three years ago) link
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.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 13:39 (three years ago) link
I think it’s time for Bolivia’s left wing to let go of Morales.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
y'all know he wasn't on the ballot, right
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
Of course, but he still holds a lot of power through the unions and MAS.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
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
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
I think he should just retire and let other people continue the good work.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
Other people at MAS, that is.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Why?
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 10 November 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
i guess its a free country tho
― plax (ico), Friday, 13 November 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
!
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
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
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.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
seems really big, don't know if there's any precedent for this but it would be great if this sets one
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
It's wonderful
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
https://t.co/YMZeNTRsVj pic.twitter.com/PxIgacfWHq— Teenage Dengist (@lib_crusher) March 12, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 13 March 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
Ha! pic.twitter.com/3QN23n63kp— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) March 13, 2021
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
Ridiculous to call it a coup when there was legitimate elections and landslide victory for the opposition party and a peaceful transfer of power.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 March 2021 02:12 (three years ago) link
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, Sunday, 14 March 2021 03:18 (three years ago) link
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.
― Scamp Granada (gyac), Sunday, 14 March 2021 07:38 (three years ago) link
Don't let's be beastly to the fascists
― scamp til you're damp (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 March 2021 08:29 (three years ago) link
First pictures emerge of former Bolivian dictator Jeanine Añez behind bars. 🇧🇴 pic.twitter.com/6ZTPTm3ypJ— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) March 13, 2021
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 14 March 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
― 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.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 March 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
I still think a Morales 4th term would be largely unconstitutional and that he ought to have respected the results of the 2016 referendum.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 March 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link
Do they have hanging for fascists like Anez in Bolivia? Be cool if they did.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 14 March 2021 23:12 (three years ago) link
Calling it opposition crackdown is hyperbolic, Añez barely represents the opposition.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 14 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
https://fair.org/home/to-western-media-prosecuting-bolivian-coup-leaders-is-worse-than-leading-a-coup/
― Dan I., Wednesday, 24 March 2021 06:01 (three years ago) link
― ufo, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 06:23 (three years ago) link
just a perfect, fabulous idiot.
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 10:04 (three years ago) link
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
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 10 September 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
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
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
how it started how it's going pic.twitter.com/80jhMYHFaw— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) June 12, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 June 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
#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
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 12 June 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
'coup'
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 12 June 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link