[News] Nicaraguan Opposition Praises Bolivian Coup

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  Nicaraguan Opposition Praises Bolivian Coup

November 20, 2019

*By Chuck Kaufman*

Anyone who remains under the illusion that the opposition behind the 
2018 failed coup in Nicaragua was rising up from the Left should wake up 
and smell the coffee as the groups representing the coup mongers fall 
over themselves to praise the ultra-right, anti-indigenous coup in 
Bolivia. Have you seen the quote from the self-declared “President” of 
Bolivia, opposition legislator Jeanine Anez?“I dream of a Bolivia free 
of satanic indigenous rituals. The city is not for the Indians, they 
should go to the highlands or to Chaco!” the Evangelical 
Christian-Fascist said in 2006.  This virulent strain of racism against 
the indigenous peoples of Bolivia is a return to governance by the 
traditional Bolivian oligarchy which has always had the support of the 
US government and transnational corporations. This is the kind of 
friends that even the Sandinista Renovation Movement is consorting with 
these days and for the last several years.

It is interesting to note that Amnesty International, which has had a 
lot of anti-government, poorly documented accusations to make against 
the government of Nicaragua, has said not one word about the violent 
coup in Bolivia that has left at least 18 supporters of the 
constitutional government dead. I have not seen statements by any other 
corporate-supported international human rights organizations that would 
indicate any concern about human rights in Bolivia.

It is also worth noting that the Peasant Movement of Nicaragua from 
Exile, which brought to fame Francisca Ramirez (supposedly a peasant 
environmentalist being repressed by the Ortega government), has taken 
the side of the Bolivian oligarchy, calling them “brothers” in their 
statement below.

The putsch in Nicaragua in April 2018, was the first test of the Trump 
regime to overthrow the governments of the so-called “Pink Tide” that 
was fulfilling Bolivar’s dream of a politically and economically 
integrated Latin America independent of the “Colossus of the North.” The 
coup effort failed there and multiple attempts failed in Venezuela as 
the most recent effort by US anointed fake president Juan Guido fell 
flat this past Saturday.

The jury is still out on whether it will succeed in Bolivia as the 
unions and popular movements that brought Evo Morales to power through 
the ballot box, and which forced the resignation of successive 
neoliberal governments prior to his election, organize a strong 
fight-back to the coup. On the political side, the Movement Toward 
Socialism (MAS) political party, which controls the national 
legislature, managed to run a police gauntlet and achieve a quorum to 
elect new officers in place of those forced out by the army. They now 
have the stronger case of constitutional succession to the presidency 
than the racist Jeanine Anez! Whether the constitutional order will be 
restored will depend on the courage of the Bolivian people and the 
solidarity of the international community.

As far as the Nicaraguan opposition goes, we know them by their words 
and their actions. Below are the English translations of the tweets 
above. Pay particular attention to what our former friends in the MRS 
have to say, especially their praise for the Bolivian army and police 
and their claim of proven electoral fraud, when three weeks after the 
election not a shred of evidence of fraud has been presented in any 
national or international forum.

*Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy*

*11 Nov at 18:09*

Bolivians demonstrated that unity is the key to asserting the will of 
the people.

“…THESE EVENTS SEND A STRONG SIGNAL TO THE ILLEGITIMATE REGIMES IN 
VENEZUELA AND NICARAGUA THAT DEMOCRACY AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WILL 
ALWAYS PREVAIL” – Extract from President Donald J. Trump’s statement on 
the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales – 10 Nov. 2019

*Articulation of Social Movements and CSOs Nicaragua *

*6 h*

 From the Articulation of Social Movements we embrace the demands of the 
Bolivian people who have achieved the resignation of Evo Morales, in 
their legitimate right to social protest and in the defense of the 
popular will that can remove or put aside their rulers when they stop 
listening to and obeying those who are owed, the people. 
#OnlythePeopleSavethePeople

*TRIUMPH BELONGS TO THE BOLIVIAN PEOPLE, AND THE PEOPLE HAVE TO REMAIN*

*University Coordinator – D…*

*CudjNicaragua*

In Bolivia, the power of the united people triumphed, because Evo 
Morales has just resigned from the presidency and left the country.

*VIVA BOLIVIA LIBRE!*

*THE POLICE WITH THEIR PEOPLE!*

*Blue and White National Unity*

*10 Nov, at 17:09*

The great achievement of the people of Bolivia brings us hope, only a 
people in Resistance guarantees freedom!

# National Unity

*CONGRATULATIONS BOLIVIAN PEOPLE*

*Nicaragua is with you*

*Peasant Movement of Nicaragua from Exile*

*Nov 10, at 15:43*

#The Last dictator Evo Morales RESIGNS the Presidency!

Congratulations to Our Bolivarian Brother People

*Sandinista Renewal Movement (Official Website)*

*November 10 at 4:08 PM – *

*Victory for democracy in Bolivia*

The MRS salutes, and feels as its own, the democratic struggle in 
Bolivia that has culminated in the resignation of Evo Morales.

Evo Morales, contrary to the popular will expressed in the 2016 
referendum, in which the majority of the population said NO to 
re-election, resorted to legal tricks to participate in the elections of 
October 27, in which he executed a fraud to remain in power.

The mobilization of the Bolivian people, the international pressure, the 
decorous role of the armed forces and the police, who refused to repress 
the Bolivian people, have achieved not only the convocation of new 
elections, but also the resignation of Morales, the main architect of 
the proven fraud and the main obstacle to respect for Bolivian institutions.

Nicaraguans will continue the heroic citizen mobilization that has taken 
place in the last 17 months and that, despite the crimes and repression 
of the Ortega Murillo dictatorship, have made possible the national and 
international isolation of the regime, to the point of placing it in an 
irreversible and terminal crisis that can only lead to a Nicaragua with 
justice and democracy.

Our greetings to the Bolivian people for their democratic conquest.

Managua 10 November 2019


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