New Bolivian interior minister vows to jail Evo Morales for rest of his life

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian


Rightwing government claims former president is guilty of terrorism and sedition

Tom Phillips in La Paz

Sun 24 Nov 2019 07.56 EST

The interior minister of Bolivia’s rightwing interim government has vowed to jail the former president Evo Morales for the rest of his life, accusing the exiled leftist of inciting anti-government protests that he claimed amounted to terrorism.

In an interview with the Guardian, Arturo Murillo claimed Morales had been orchestrating efforts to “strangle” Bolivian cities by ordering followers to erect roadblocks that would starve its residents of fuel and food.

Murillo claimed that an audio recording – which supposedly shows Morales giving such instructions – was definitive proof of the alleged crime and said he was “200%” certain it was genuine.

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With Morales thousands of miles away, Bolivia’s new governors have launched a propaganda campaign aimed at annihilating the leftist’s reputation and legacy. Adverts on Bolivian television depict the country’s first indigenous leader as a chaos-sowing provocateur who has brought turmoil to its streets.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/bolivia-evo-morales-vow-jail-rest-life-arturo-murillo

[2naSalit]

1. Gee, why does that sound so familiar?

[sandensea]

2. Our depraved GOPee has nothing on South America's right-wingers

Their idea of politics is very much a combination of McCarthy and Torquemada.

We've seen this during the numerous dictatorships in the continent since the 1950s, as well as more recently with Lula da Silva's framing in Brazil (which led to his being jailed, thus paving the way for Bolsonaro's election), Jorge Glas' framing in Ecuador, and Cristina Kirchner's framing in Argentina (where the ploy basically failed).

The lesson for the GOPee would be that using lawfare to frame your opponents, knowing you can't beat them fair and square, eventually backfires.

But of course, when do Rethugs ever learn valuable lessons - least of all these Narco Rubio types.

[lunasun]

3. The guardian has been doing some good reporting( that gets to us in English ) on Bolivia

They want the party gone not just him

[malthaussen]

4. He'll be Mr Trump's BFF in no time.

I'm sure Donald would love to do the same thing.

Hard luck for Mr Morales, though.

-- Mal

[LiberalLovinLug]

5. Feel sorry for Morales and for the Bolivian people

Morales made some mistakes. But he was 1000x better than who is in there now. Especially for the poor and lower middle classes there.

[PufPuf23]

6. Sick right wing fuckheads of Bolivia.

Time for the international community to look at crimes against Evo Morales and crimes against the democratic interests of the peoples of Bolivia, especially the indigenous survivors of European genocide and colonialism. What happened in the United States is a much closer in time and an ongoing event in Bolivia.

The long beleaguered poor of Bolivia cry alone against neoliberalism as the UN and OAS will stand down in any meaningful fashion and thus support the conservative coup. Imagine the lies that are not catapulted in the media.