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Many Bolivian police have mutinied in solidarity w/ election fraud protests. This is a significant, but dangerous, point of inflection in the crisis. woborders.blog/2019/11/09/police-mutiny-critical-point/ #BoliviaDecide #EleccionesBolivia2019 #Bolivia
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Police mutinies in their bottom-up form have accompanied Bolivian protest before. They can force governments to negotiate and avoid bloodshed.
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De-escalation has occurred when the military signaled limits to further state repression, stayed out of the presidential chair, and did not substitute its choice of leaders for one determined at the ballot box.
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If and only if the police, military, Morales government and electoral opposition can agree to such an exit, democracy can be preserved. woborders.blog/2019/11/09/police-mutiny-critical-point/