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The United States: Orchestrating a Civic Coup in Bolivia
Originally From New America Media
Thursday, November 20, 2008 : Bolivian President Evo Morales visited the United Nations and the Organization of American States this week to report on U.S. intervention in his country. He planned to meet with members of Congress to deal with "the worst diplomatic crisis" in the history of the two countries, and hopes to open a dialogue to normalize relations once President-elect Barack Obama takes office. Below is the story of U.S. efforts over the past three years to topple Morales. It originally was published on the website of Global Alternatives, a project of the Center for the Study of the Americas.
The link to the original article with source materials is: http://globalalternatives.org/node/95
Evo Morales is the latest democratically elected Latin American president to be the target of a U.S. plot to destabilize and overthrow his government. On Sept. 10, 2008, Morales expelled U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, declaring that "he is conspiring against democracy and seeking the division of Bolivia."
Observers of U.S.-Latin American policy tend to view the crisis in U.S.-Bolivian relations as due to a policy of neglect and ineptness toward Latin America because of U.S. involvement in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. In fact, the Bolivia coup attempt was a conscious policy rooted in U.S. hostility toward Morales, his political party the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and the social movements that are aligned with him.
"The U.S. embassy is historically used to calling the shots in Bolivia, violating our sovereignty, treating us like a banana republic," says Gustavo Guzman, who was expelled as Bolivian ambassador to Washington following Goldberg's removalRead More
Observers of U.S.-Latin American policy tend to view the crisis in U.S.-Bolivian relations as due to a policy of neglect and ineptness toward Latin America because of U.S. involvement in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. In fact, the Bolivia coup attempt was a conscious policy rooted in U.S. hostility toward Morales, his political party the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and the social movements that are aligned with him.
"The U.S. embassy is historically used to calling the shots in Bolivia, violating our sovereignty, treating us like a banana republic," says Gustavo Guzman, who was expelled as Bolivian ambassador to Washington following Goldberg's removalRead More
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