Evo Morales kicks arse

[Dogsauce]

I’m sure they’ll be making big efforts to delegitimise the result.

 

[JTG]

 

[JTG]

This kind of proves that literally any other leader would be 20 points ahead against this useless government imo

 

[NoXion]

One in the eye for the Christofascist comprador thugs. Here's to the people of Bolivia sending them packing.

 

[teqniq]

What if they decide to ignore the vote? They did, after all stage a coup.

 

[planetgeli]

What if they decide to ignore the vote? They did, after all stage a coup.

Well, so far so good.

Mesa conceded defeat on Monday lunchtime, telling supporters that a quick count showed a “very convincing and very clear” result. “There is a large gap between the first-placed candidate and us … and, as believers in democracy, it now falls to us … to recognise that there is a winner in this election,” Mesa said

For Áñez’s outgoing conservative interim government, which took power after Morales’s banishment, it was a stinging rebuke. “It tells us that the rightwing in Bolivia has no broad political support – not even close,” Shultz said. “The rightwing was given a chance to govern and proved that it is only interested in its own power and in itself and has contempt for the indigenous and poor of the country. They demonstrated that by pretending they had legitimacy that they didn’t, by overseeing real human rights abuses and impunity, and by being incompetent and corrupt in their governance. And people weren’t going to have it.”

One exit poll suggested Arce had achieved a thumping victory, winning a majority in five of Bolivia’s nine departments. The poll said Arce secured more than 65% of the vote in La Paz, 63% in Cochabamba, 62% in Oruro and 51% in Potosí.

However. I assume this is just the Guardian being crap and getting names mixed up.

It may be several days before the official result is confirmed. On Monday afternoon electoral authorities said that with nearly 20% of votes counted, 36% had gone to Arce and nearly 43% to Mesa.

You what?

 

[JTG]

Elon Musk must be distraught

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Swag for days

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Tweets that age well.

 

[ska invita]

Morales got 47% in the 2019 couped election...so MAS vote has gone up a few percentage points since. Civic Community down 6%. Suggests how this whole thing has played with voters.

Marginalised UK press coverage of this remains a disgrace.

One thought though, the right have successfully got Morales out of the hotseat - which inadvertently may not be such a bad thing. Political leaders dont necessarily need changing regularly for the sake of it, but 13 years is probably plenty long enough however good you may be. If your political movement rests on the character of one person its roots arent strong enough.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

On his Birthday too!

 

[teqniq]

Seems the US wants a coup regardless:

 

[teqniq]

More facsist thuggery:

Bolivia’s President-Elect Luis Arce Attacked With Dynamite

The Socialist leader was attacked while he was at a meeting in La Paz city. There is no report of injuries.

www.telesurenglish.net

 

[Jeff Robinson]

More facsist thuggery:

Bolivia’s President-Elect Luis Arce Attacked With Dynamite

The Socialist leader was attacked while he was at a meeting in La Paz city. There is no report of injuries.

www.telesurenglish.net

Scum - may all the Bolivian fascist vermin be hunted down and crushed!

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Long live the glorious socialist workers and peasants of Bolivia! They will drive the fascist cancer and US imperialism from their lands!

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Welcomed back to Bolivia today. Back once again with the ill behaviour.

 

[Brainaddict]

Good to see a right wing coup fall apart but he should really retire now. The longer he stays in politics the more the MAS will be about him rather than about improving people's lives.

 

[JTG]

Good lad

 

[Brainaddict]

Here's a look at what's going on now - president trying to keep Morales at arms length Evo Morales completes triumphant Bolivia return. Now what?

He's caused so much trouble with his obsession with running again. Especially given it's now clear that MAS can get elected with another leader (and with a greater percentage of the vote). If this thread weren't so old I'd request it be retitled to remove the last two words.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Sweet days, seems like the wannabe fascist thugs are getting rounded up.

 

[Poi E]

Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’

After a coup in the South American country of Bolivia in November 2019, democratically elected president Evo Morales was forced to flee. Foreign Office documents obtained by Declassified show Britain saw the new military-backed regime, which killed 18 protesters, as an opportunity to open up...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

British Foreign Office urged to retract its attack on Declassified UK’s independent journalism

The British embassy in Bolivia has publicly accused Declassified UK of running a “campaign of disinformation” over an article it published showing UK support for a coup in the South American country. Declassified has written to the UK Foreign Office demanding the embassy retract and apologise...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Fortunately, being the British, they backed a losing horse and fucked it all up.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Impressive iron fist flex on display from Comrade President Arce - we love to see it!

Bolivia’s government has arrested a former Treasury Ministry official as part of an investigation into a loan from the International Monetary Fund that was renounced by new President Luís Arce.

Bolivia arrests ex-official in probe of IMF loan agreement

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's government has arrested a former Treasury Ministry official as part of an investigation into a loan from the International Monetary Fund that was renounced by new President Luís Arce.

apnews.com

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Better luck next time!

Bolivia ex-president ‘stable’ after suicide attempt in jail

Official says Jeanine Anez tried to harm herself after charge of ‘genocide’ over the deaths of protesters in 2019.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[NoXion]

Impressive iron fist flex on display from Comrade President Arce - we love to see it!

Bolivia arrests ex-official in probe of IMF loan agreement

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's government has arrested a former Treasury Ministry official as part of an investigation into a loan from the International Monetary Fund that was renounced by new President Luís Arce.

apnews.com

Good. IMF loans are complete poison, it staggers me that anyone would be willing to commit their country into the kind of debt that forces the privatisation of shit for the benefit of ruthless and amoral international corporations.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

US iron fist smashes former puppet:

US charges Bolivian ex-minister Murillo with corruption

Prosecutors accuse former Interior Minister Arturo Murillo of tacking bribes from US businessmen.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[teqniq]

Originally published in March this year, this will I imagine come as no surprise whatsoever to anyone:

Revealed: The UK supported the coup in Bolivia to gain access to its ‘white gold’

After a coup in the South American country of Bolivia in November 2019, democratically elected president Evo Morales was forced to flee. Foreign Office documents obtained by Declassified show Britain saw the new military-backed regime, which killed 18 protesters, as an opportunity to open up...

www.dailymaverick.co.za

found via this tweet:

 

[Jeff Robinson]

"Either they beat us or we beat them. That is the ideological, political and party struggle. We can't back down, we will never back down"

I feel the full force of the people's iron fist from Comrade Morales here!

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Great boss man Jeremy Corbyn writing in Jacobin. Just think, he could have a been First Secretary of the British Party of Labour and President of the Socialist People's Republic of Britain if the public weren't such dipshit ignoramuses. #dissolvethepeople

Jeremy Corbyn: Socialists Are Rebuilding Bolivia

In 2019, a right-wing coup deposed Bolivia’s elected government. But the people fought back — and now the socialist government they elected in its place is more popular than ever.

jacobinmag.com