"The Bolivian dictatorship has announced that starting Monday it will arrest legislators from [@evoespueblo's] Movement Towards Socialism Party. [Arturo] Murillo, [a govt minister] who days ago spoke of a "hunt" being on, says he has a list of MPs to detain. This is very grave."
@evoespueblo I'm somebody who's been critical of Evo's decision to defy the referendum & run again (among other sins), and have pointed out the involvement of many parts of the Bolivian Left in recent protests.
But this coup is obscene. The new govt is a dictatorship. It must be stopped.
But this coup is obscene. The new govt is a dictatorship. It must be stopped.
@evoespueblo Bolivian working-class and indigenous activists who have been critical of Evo and the MAS party seem to agree. They are rallying together in dual power spaces like the El Alto neighborhood in La Paz to fight the coup govt.
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@evoespueblo In my view, Evo was a good social-democratic president who nearly halved poverty, raised up indigenous people, fucked up on some key ecological questions, and was beginning to overstep his bounds, hence the initial protests.
But the far right exploited this to launch a tyranny.
But the far right exploited this to launch a tyranny.
@evoespueblo If you're critical of Evo b/c of the way he stretched the constitution, consider the consequences of a government led by Evangelical Christians and US-backed lithium concerns arresting the opposition, burning indigenous flags, and waving bibles in a majority nonwhite country.
@evoespueblo This isn't about Evo anymore. It's about the defense of democracy -- and the defense of the enormous gains hard-won by a socialist movement which is far bigger than just Evo, and was in fact harshly critical of him.
That movement is fighting in the streets for freedom tonight.
That movement is fighting in the streets for freedom tonight.
