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At least five killed by army in massacre in Cochabamba, Bolivia

November 15, 2019 Peoples Dispatch

Protests against the civic-military coup have been growing in strength across the country and security forces have responded with brutal repression Bolivian security forces killed as many as five protesters on November 15 near the […]

Bolivia: El Alto stands up against the coup

November 15, 2019 Marco Teruggi

On this occasion they were peasants with red ponchos, men and women with hats, coming from afar, from the highlands. Then they joined those from the city of Alto, those who could get there, others […]

Bolivia: El Alto’s history of resistance

November 15, 2019 Mison Verdad

The Counter-Coup from El Alto Forced Jeanine Áñez’s Self-proclamation During the colonial era, Cerro Rico de Potosí in Bolivia was the focus of Europe’s looting of gigantic quantities of silver ore. At the beginning of […]

Bolivia: ‘Welcome to the Dictatorship!’

November 14, 2019 Marco Teruggi

“Welcome to the dictatorship,” said one woman as she ran from tear gas, motorcycles, pickup trucks with arrested youth, and military tanks. The scene was in the center of the city of La Paz, in […]

In the midst of violent repression, Bolivian demonstrators reject the coup

November 13, 2019 Prensa Latina

Repression increases in Bolivia against Evo Morales’ supporters La Paz, Nov. 13 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian police today violently prevented Senator Adriana Salvatierra from entering Parliament as evidence of increased repression against Evo Morales’ supporters. The […]

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Day 2 of the civic-military coup in Bolivia

November 13, 2019 Peoples Dispatch

Bolivian people have taken to the streets to resist the civic-military coup d’état carried out against President Evo Morales and Vice-President Alvaro García Linera which culminated in their forced resignation on Sunday November 10. Due […]

Bolivian coup comes less than a week after Morales stopped multinational firm’s lithium deal

November 12, 2019 Eoin Higgins

The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to cancel an agreement with a German company for developing lithium […]

MAS of Bolivia: Resist today to fight again tomorrow

November 11, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha

Statement by the Political Committee of the Movimiento Al Socialismo (Movement for Socialism) of Bolivia Resist today to fight again tomorrow Today, November 10, Bolivia’s humble citizens, its workers, the Aymara and Quechua peoples, we […]

We will come back, says Bolivia’s Evo Morales after rightist coup forces him to resign

November 11, 2019 Farooque Chowdhury

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, center, speaks during a press conference at the military base in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Hours later Morales announced his resignation under mounting pressure from the military and […]

The hours of the coup offensive in Bolivia

November 9, 2019 Marco Teruggi

These are days and hours of the coup offensive in Bolivia. The attempt to overthrow President Evo Morales is gaining strength, territory and its capacity for action. Like an announced bullet that arrives from the […]