The opportunities for delay and distortion of the electoral process are not yet exhausted, but there is a growing confidence that the present balance of forces has driven reaction into a retreat. Earlier this year, on March 31, Bolivia’s Foreign Minister Karen Longaric wrote an obsequious letter to Musk asking him about the “offer of cooperation posted by you regarding ventilators ready to be dispatched to countries where they are needed the most.” Longaric said, “If it is not possible to send it to Bolivia, we can arrange its receipt in Miami, FL. Its network spans countries around the world. Epstein also reportedly set Musk’s brother up with his girlfriend. Subscribe to the Monthly Review e-newsletter (max of 1-3 per month). Alejandro Bejarano is a Bolivian musician, documentarian, and social media manager. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. * Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. Alan MacLeod is a Staff Writer for MintPress News. Just £5 a month gives you the opportunity to win one of 17 prizes, from (The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of Citizen Truth.). The U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.” Musk then wrote: “We will coup whoever we want! Musk’s plans to open a car plant in Brazil and use cheap Bolivian lithium had hit a snag with the defiant president refusing to give him a sweetheart deal. Shares are £1 each — though unlike capitalist firms, each shareholder Include an active dofollow hyperlink in your article back to the original Citizen Truth article. Required fields are marked *. 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Protests across Bolivia began on July 27 for the restoration of democracy. Earlier this year, Musk and his company revealed that they wanted to build a Tesla factory in Brazil, which would be supplied by lithium from Bolivia; when we wrote about that we called our report “Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium.” Everything we wrote there is condensed in his new tweet: the arrogance toward the political life of other countries, and the greed toward resources that people like Musk think are their entitlement. IDN is flagship agency of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate. There’s no need to worry about that, since the government of Áñez seems unwilling to hold an election. IDN-InDepthNews serves as flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate and its partner, the Global Cooperation Council, established in February 1983. By Morales had just won an election for a term that was to have begun in January 2020. After Morales was removed, an insignificant far-right politician named Jeanine Áñez set aside the constitutional process and seized power. In November, from Mexico City, Morales watched as the government of Áñez let loose the dogs of war against the people of Bolivia from Cochabamba to El Alto. On July 7, 2020, seven U.S. senators published a statement that said, “We are increasingly concerned by the growing number of human rights violations and curtailments of civil liberties by the interim government of Bolivia.” “Without a change in course by the interim government,” the senators wrote, “we fear that basic civil rights in Bolivia will be further eroded and the legitimacy of the crucial upcoming elections will be put at risk.”. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. Musk did respond to a tweet about events in Bolivia in 2019, and said “we will coup whoever we want,” and to “deal with it.” Musk left the tweet up for about two days, deleting it for unknown reasons around July 26 2020. The pushback to Musk’s apparent confession that he was intimately involved in the violent overthrow of a foreign government and its replacement with a far-right dictatorship was swift. stunt.” For someone so closely connected to the notorious Jeffrey Epstein, it is perhaps not best practice to call other people pedophiles. When interviewed by Glenn Greenwald shortly after he fled, Morales described the event as a ‘lithium coup d’etat,’ saying that western powers were behind the coup in order to gain access to Bolivia’s lithium reserves, which were nationalised during Morales’ time in office. Fighting Fund, we can continue to thumb our noses at the fat cats and Credit Citizen Truth and provide a backlink when republishing our work. “They are killing my brothers and sisters,” Morales, A ‘Wind Of Change’ Could Block African Leaders Seeking ‘Presidency For Life’, Ugandan Opposition Leader Bobi Wine's Headquarters Raided and Robbed, The US Pastor Who Preaches Climate Change Denial, Xi Ready to Turn Free Tibetans Into Hapless Uighurs, COVID-19: Europeans Can Learn from Developing Countries, Food security, nutrition & sustainable agriculture, Forest, desertification, land degradation & biodiversity, Other Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs), International Non-governmetal Organization (INGOs). Elon Musk recently admitted he supported Bolivia’s recent coup as a means of gaining access to the country’s valuable lithium reserves. The CELAG study shows that 9 out of 10 Bolivians have seen their incomes decline due to the coronavirus recession. pic.twitter.com/df5rYMNgsW, — Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) July 25, 2020. The reference to the massacres is important. Britain that’s fighting for one by joining the 501 club. Over his 14 years in office, Morales fought to use the wealth of Bolivia for the Bolivian people, who saw—after centuries of oppression—remarkable advances in their basic needs. Musk’s company, Tesla, relies on lithium batteries for its electric vehicles. On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? You can’t sell our articles for a fee but you may place them alongside ads. We're a reader-owned co-operative, which means you can become part of the paper too by buying shares in the People’s Press Printing Society. His company Tesla has long wanted access at a low price to the large, Musk went on to delete his tweet. Evo Morales read Musk’s tweet about the coup in Bolivia and responded: Elon Musk, the owner of the largest electric car company, says about the coup in Bolivia: ‘We will coup whoever we want.’ Another proof that the coup was about Bolivian lithium; at the cost of two massacres. All Citizen Truth original articles are licensed under a Creative Commons license provided you credit Citizen Truth and provide an active backlink. All Citizen Truth original articles licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Citizen Truth is an independent news source dedicated to ending the left-right paradigm. Barely 24 hours after the events, Indian academic and writer Vijay Prashad wrote that they “cannot be understood without a glance at the nation’s massive reserves of this crucial mineral.” Morales himself labeled his ouster a “lithium coup d’etat” last year. The number of, Musk returns to our story. The Morning Star is unique, as a lone socialist voice in a sea of The use of Bolivia’s wealth to advance the interests of the people rather than North American multinational corporations was an abomination to the U.S. embassy in La Paz, which had egged on the worst elements of the military and the far right to overthrow the government. Viewpoint by Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano *. He then said, “we get our lithium from Australia”; this will not settle the issue, since eyebrows are being raised in Australia regarding the environmental damage from lithium mining. This article first appeared on Citizen Truth and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? Deal with it.”. The post triggered Twitter pandemonium. Deal with it' in July 2020. Even if there was a challenge against that election, Morales’ term should rightfully have continued through November and December of 2019. It was too late for Bolivia, which has been condemned to a dangerous government that has suspended democracy in the country. Assistant editor of The Grayzone Ben Norton agreed, tweeting, “The fascist Bolivian coup dictatorship has already invited billionaire imperialist Elon Musk to exploit the country’s lithium reserves. The rich don’t like us, and they don’t advertise with us, so we rely on This is just what happened in November 2019. His latest book is Washington Bullets, with an introduction by Evo Morales Ayma. Musk refers here to the coup against President Evo Morales Ayma, who was removed illegally from his office in November 2019. The strategy of tension created by a combination of external and internal forces is just one variation in the techniques of terror deployed across Latin America every time its insurgent people’s claim a portion of popular power.

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