CarwilBJ’s avatarCarwilBJ’s Twitter Archive—№ 21,552

    1. Pablo Solón countering the imperialist/US/CIA coup narrative regarding the current Bolivian protests. paginasiete.bo/rascacielos/2019/11/3/gas-bicarbonato-revuelta-el-bautizo-de-una-generacion-236185.html
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
  1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
    Anyone who has read the history of US embassy cables from Bolivia has no doubt that (1) the US government wanted to see Evo fall; (2) the embassy would mis-understand every political change as the work of a few individuals;
    1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
      (3) the embassy would seek out meetings with opposition figures; (4) the embassy might buy whatever a figure like Camacho would sell them.
      1. …in reply to @CarwilBJ
        What Solon is arguing here, though, is that the masses in the street have never been available on demand for the US; that this has been a home-grown uprising.