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<h1 class="reader-title">'Fascists, Racists Plotted the Lithium
Coup in Bolivia' Morales</h1>
December 17, 2019</div>
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<p>During his first press conference after his arrival in
Argentina, <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Arrived-in-Argentina-to-Request-Political-Asylum-20191212-0005.html"
target="_blank">Bolivia's deposed president Evo
Morales</a> Tuesday analyzed the circumstances
surrounding the coup d'etat against him and recalled
some achievements of his presidency, which took place
from January 22, 2006, until November 10, 2019.</p>
<p>"Unfortunately, neither the Police intelligence nor
the Army intelligence warned us that a coup d'etat was
approaching," Morales said.</p>
<p>The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) leader noted that
the coup was a reactive response from fascist and racist
sectors to the structural changes that he was leading in
Bolivia.</p>
<p>"Our sin, our crime, is to be an Indigenous person and
to have begun change with the participation of the
Bolivian people," he stressed.</p>
<p>Bolivia's former president also defended his mandate's
achievements, which were not based upon the policies
usually recommended by the International Monetary Fund
(IMF).</p>
<p>"We nationalized energy and water, which were
previously privatized. We said that another world is
possible without the IMF."</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">"As far as I can tell,
American democracy deceives its people into
voting, but neither the government nor the people
actually govern. It's the transnational
corporations who govern." Bolivia's <a
href="https://twitter.com/evoespueblo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@evoespueblo</a>
speaks to <a
href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ggreenwald</a>
— full interview coming soon. <a
href="https://t.co/ld03XPTuJy">pic.twitter.com/ld03XPTuJy</a></p>
— The Intercept (@theintercept) <a
href="https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/1206308962234224646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December
15, 2019</a> </blockquote>
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<p>The MAS leader explained that the violent response of
the Bolivian upper classes is related to the
construction of an inclusive state, the defense of
collective resources, and the redistribution of wealth.</p>
<p>"We did three important things: in the political realm,
we refounded Bolivia. We left a colonial state behind
and created a plurinational state. In the
economic realm, we promoted nationalizations. And most
importantly, in the social realm, we achieved wealth
redistribution," he said.</p>
<p>"Although the capitalist system proclaims peace, I am
convinced that there will be no peace if there is no
social justice, if there is looting of natural
resources, and if there are military bases."</p>
<p>Concerning the latter, Morales explained that the coup
against him was properly "the Lithium Coup."</p>
<p>The beneficiaries of the destruction of democracy in
Bolivia seek to appropriate a mineral whose "value has
increased markedly in international markets over the
last years because it is a fundamental raw material" in
the manufacture of eco-friendly technologies and
electric batteries.</p>
<p>The socialist leader also recalled that his government
managed to reduce extreme poverty from 38.2 percent in
2006 to 15 percent in 2018.</p>
<p>Concerning the October presidential elections, Morales
reaffirmed his victory in the first round despite fraud
accusations, which were encouraged by the Organization
of American States (OAS) .</p>
<p>"We won in the first round. According to the OAS,
however, winning with a wide margin is electoral
fraud... the OAS said there was fraud because in 225
tables the MAS obtained between 70 and 90 percent of the
votes. In rural areas, we even obtained more... The real
fraud is the OAS report."</p>
<p>Based on this historical experience, Morales warned
the Latin American progressives that the OAS cannot be
trusted and called for the formation of an international
mission to guarantee transparent elections in his
country.</p>
<p>"We need an electoral mission from the United Nations,
Pope Francis' envoys, and friendly countries'
representatives to ensure that there will be free and
transparent elections and that the results will be
respected," Morales said.</p>
<p>The deposed Bolivian president arrived in Argentina
last week from Mexico, after receiving asylum from the
government Alberto Fernandez, who assumed the presidency
on Dec. 10.</p>
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