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Wrestling with how incredibly tempting it is to believe that someone had a plan that explains Nov 8-12 in Bolivia: Camacho, Morales, Langley. And how possible it also is that a series of fearful actors led to an unforseen catastrophic regime change. @nytimesworld/1198813585880866816?s=19Permalink On twitter.com
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By November 13, Jeanine Añez was managing the deadliest crackdown in Bolivia in 15 years, a #coup that continues to violently undermine the country's largest political party.Permalink On twitter.com
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But who foresaw this outcome? And who worked to make it happen? - or - Who thought a quick transition would de-escalate an increasingly deadly confrontation on November 10?Permalink On twitter.com
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- or - Who thought confirming someone, any civilian at all, as president was preferable to prolonging interim military rule and nightly violence? (the Catholic mediator's view in this account)On twitter.com
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My brain wants a narrative. And I want people to vigorously investigate possible conspirators. But I also see a converging pattern of short-term fears enabling this disaster.Permalink On twitter.com