Bolivia: WikiLeaks expose US conspiracy
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Saturday August 06, 2011 15:58
by pat c
Yet more startling news from the Wikileaks US Cables. This time its about US attempts to overthrow Bolivian President Evo Morales. Full text at link.
Recently released United States embassy cables from Bolivia have provided additional insight to the events leading up to the September 2008 coup attempt against the Andean country’s first indigenous president.
On September 9, 2008, President Evo Morales expelled then-US ambassador Philip Goldberg as evidence emerged that Goldberg and embassy officials had been meeting with several key civilian and military figures involved in an unfolding coup plot.
These meetings took place in the midst of “civic strikes” and roadblocks called by the right-wing opposition prefects (governors) of the eastern states. These actions were denounced by the government as an attempted coup.
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S.O.P.(Standard Operating Procedure). Ever since the nineteenth century Monroe Doctrine Latin America has been considered Washington's 'back yard'.
Spain stepped out and Sam stepped in again...
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