GeneticBlueprint Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-06-26/bolivias-president-slams-irregular-mobilization-of-army-units Looks like I came back to the States just in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 We've reached Beret Condition: Black The general leading the coup is confronted by the president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 What's the tl;dr: on Bolivia? I am inexcusably ignorant of South American affairs beyond maybe Brazil and Venezuela. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: What's the tl;dr: on Bolivia? I am inexcusably ignorant of South American affairs beyond maybe Brazil and Venezuela. Extremely high level view: When Evo Morales was president it was like when Obama became president here. It upset a lot of racist right-wingers (Morales is of indigenous decent). Morales' party stayed in power a long time. A few years ago there was some trouble and a quasi-coup occurred after some [potential] election and [certain] constitutional fuckery. Truth be told, Morales did a lot to stay in power that wasn't exactly on the up-and-up. However, after that coup and the right-wingers took over, an election was held again a few months later. Morales' party (MAS, Movimiento al socialismo [Movement towards socialism]) won again. The right wingers have been upset since. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 1 hour ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Extremely high level view: When Evo Morales was president it was like when Obama became president here. It upset a lot of racist right-wingers (Morales is of indigenous decent). Morales' party stayed in power a long time. A few years ago there was some trouble and a quasi-coup occurred after some [potential] election and [certain] constitutional fuckery. Truth be told, Morales did a lot to stay in power that wasn't exactly on the up-and-up. However, after that coup and the right-wingers took over, an election was held again a few months later. Morales' party (MAS, Movimiento al socialismo [Movement towards socialism]) won again. The right wingers have been upset since. How many sticky American fingers this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 The police have arrested the coup leader. Bolivian police arrest leader of coup attempt WWW.BBC.COM Troops pulled away from government buildings hours after the presidential palace was stormed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeneticBlueprint Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Eh… Bolivia’s lithium is probably the least desirable lithium out there. Pretty shite from what I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 7 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Eh… Bolivia’s lithium is probably the least desirable lithium out there. Pretty shite from what I understand. Yea, but maybe he just wants to snort it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 15 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The police have arrested the coup leader. Bolivian police arrest leader of coup attempt WWW.BBC.COM Troops pulled away from government buildings hours after the presidential palace was stormed. Wow what a wild concept, arresting the coup leader immediately after they try a coup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 You guys have had like a half decade, and guns. It's not like a new thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Pretty lame ass coup attempt not gonna lie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 OR WAS IT?!? Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims APNEWS.COM Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is accusing his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving the Bolivian people by staging a “self-coup” last week. Quote Former President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving Bolivians by staging a “self-coup” last week to earn political points among the electorate, marking a sharp downturn in an already fraught relationship. Morales was initially among the country's most powerful voices to say the approximately 200 members of the military who marched on Bolivia's government palace alongside armored vehicles Wednesday had attempted a “coup d’état.” He called for "all those involved in this riot to be arrested and tried.” But on Sunday, Morales joined others who contend Arce himself orchestrated the incident in an attempt to win the sympathy of Bolivians at a time when his popularity is extremely low. Arce “disrespected the truth, deceived us, lied, not only to the Bolivian people but to the whole world,” Morales said in a local broadcast program Sunday. Morales also called for an independent investigation into the military action in a post on X. Morales is throwing his support behind an accusation made by former Gen. Juan José Zuñiga, who allegedly led the coup attempt. Morales said that Zuñiga had informed colleagues and family of his plan before carrying it out and that while in custody he told authorities that Arce had “betrayed” him. “The president told me: ‘The situation is very screwed up, very critical. It is necessary to prepare something to raise my popularity’,” Zúñiga quoted Arce as saying. That theory was quickly adopted by Arce’s political enemies, who dubbed it a “self-coup.” “At some point the truth will be known,” a handcuffed Zúñiga told reporters while being transferred to prison Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Nah, the general was saying that as he was being arrested. Morales is just seizing on that lie to win points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 I wouldn’t trust anything Morales says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 Spoiler My BIL is a major in the army in Bolivia. I was chatting with him today because I was sending him airplane videos from the air show near where I live today. TLDR ”There was a coup. I’ve worked with the guy that did it. I’m on a list of people loyal to him.” lmfao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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