Author: Zaroc StoneZaroc Stone Date: Sep 15, 2008 06:30
A Matter of Morals, Not Morales: Respect Bolivia's Democracy!
By Olivia Burlingame Goumbri, AlterNet. Posted September 13, 2008.
Yet again, the United States appears to be siding with violent
right-wing elements to undermine a Latin American democracy.
As an American and an expert on US-Venezuela relations, the events
unfolding in Bolivia are simply too familiar to escape my notice. The
tactics used by opponents of President Chavez during Venezuela's
short-lived coup in 2002 are currently being replicated in a "civic
coup" in neighboring Bolivia that is designed to undermine the
democratic government of Evo Morales. That nation, though different
from Venezuela in so many ways, seems to be travelling down a
strikingly similar road, not least in terms of the role of the media
in encouraging right-wing, anti-democratic opposition groups and the
active support of that process by US officials.
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