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@jderpic It may be useful to state where I draw the line on a coup, as I wrote on Nov 9, 2019: "Bolivia has had a lot of off-schedule changes of power, but since 1982 the have always been ratified by a vote at the ballot box...Permalink On twitter.com
Mood +4 🙂
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@jderpic In all of these cases, 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. Arguably, this is why none of these events are remembered as coups d’ètat."On twitter.com
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@jderpic In retrospect, the question of a coup starts earlier than November 10 and extends later.Permalink On twitter.com
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@jderpic It involves question like these: Did the police in mutiny actively work to provide an opening for violent pressure on the line of succession? This is the line of action signaled by the arson attacks on the Seis Federaciones (Nov 8) and Victor Borda's home (Nov 10).Permalink On twitter.com
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@jderpic Did the military and police hardliners conspire to lead and execute a violent crackdown on pro-MAS movements? woborders.blog/2021/11/22/if-you-enter-the-city-i-will-hunt-you-sacaba-massacre-was-preceded-by-open-threat-of-military-violence/Permalink On twitter.com
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@jderpic … As well as the narrower question of whether the right of controlling succession, which the 2009 Constitution seems to vest in the legislature, was illegitimately bypassed. (the subject of our quoted thread)Permalink On twitter.com