"The government and the neoliberal model have failed. What we've experienced in recent years (..) has led 🇪🇨 to the worst crisis and economic, social & political disaster in the history of our beloved country."

@CONAIE_Ecuador statement regarding the current political situation: "Lasso has led us to chaos, insecurity, unemployment and hopelessness. 70% of the population is unemployed, underemployed or precariously employed. The working class suffers constant reductions, layoffs and austerity." @LeonidasIzaSal1

ECONOMICS CLASS 🇧🇴

Bolivian President Luis Arce (MA in Economics) at Yale University: The success of Bolivia's socialist model (thread) The state needs to promote industrialization and redistribute the profits, says Bolivian President @LuchoXBolivia

Panama is exporting 41.28 tons of cocaine to the United States for its "destruction", under the control of the DEA.

Authorities say the move is intended to avoid harms to the environment. Minister of Public Security, Juan Manuel Pino: Stewart Tuttle, who heads the U.S. embassy mission in Panama, says taking this large quantity of cocaine is the least they can do to help, adding that they hope for "another round" soon.

LIVE | Commander of the Sandinista Revolution, President Daniel Ortega, arrives for the central act marking the 43rd anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. Comandante Daniel and honored guest, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonzalves, share an embrace.

OAS Secretary Luis Almagro has a meltdown as he's confronted by a @pslweb activist for his role in the coup in Bolivia.

"You're a murderer and you're a puppet of the United States!" Almagro confronted today: "I believe you still ridiculously say that Juan Guaido is the president of Venezuela! That is an outrage and it's an insult, an insult to the democracy and the sovereignty of the people of Venezuela!"

BREAKING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confronted on Haiti, the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, and the exclusions of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, while speaking at ‘Media Summit of the Americas’ event (thread) Blinken confronted on the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela particularly while the Biden administration extended an invitation to "the so-called Prime Minister of Haiti who is ruling under no sort of democratic mandate"

Bolivians gather to demand justice as coup dictator Jeanine Añez faces trial today after months of repeated delays and maneuvers to avoid justice. Victims associations and social movements have been mobilizing to demand justice throughout the process, protesting outside the courts as well as at the Miraflores prison where Añez is being held. We heard from people outside the courthouse.

The Anti-Imperialist Summit of Nuestra America is being held today in Los Angeles, California.

Dulcinea of @UniondelBarrio says it's the duty of those in the United States to support liberation movements in Latin America. The 'Summit of the Americas' is a summit of the imperialists and their lackeys: the puppet governments of Latin America.

'We want to give a voice to the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua' says @rongochez of @UniondelBarrio

Cuba: "It is Russia today⁠—but tomorrow it could be any of our countries, especially nations of the South which do not support the interests of domination.." @PedroPedrosoC Cuba: Could the United States one day be suspended from the Human Rights Council?

We all know that won't happen "despite its flagrant and massive violations of human rights"

Psaki tells reporters not to focus 'energies' on the United States importing oil from Venezuela "Are you guys just going to start blaming Putin for everything until the midterms?"

Biden to designate Colombia a "major non-NATO ally" Ivan Duque says he'll back any sanctions to be implemented related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and that Colombia is offering advice to NATO countries on migration management.

What Really Happened in Bolivia’s 2019 Elections?

Today, @JakobJohnston of @ceprdc and other expert panelists shared their findings at the OAS, hosted by the Permanent Missions to the OAS of Bolivia, Argentina and Mexico. OAS officials were invited but declined. After comparing the photos of tally sheets in the two systems, [OAS] auditors determined that the data matched in 99.8% of cases. This key finding, a strong indication that there was no widespread manipulation, is only reported in a parenthetical aside, 80 pages into the report.

🇻🇨Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves gives context to recent protests in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines during which he suffered a head wound as a result of an attack by an opposition supporter.

Full interview on @telesurenglish: The opposition doesn't want Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to have relations with Cuba and Venezuela. PM Gonsalves tells @JorgeGestoso that the people and government will defend their position of solidarity.

BREAKING: Jeanine Añez has been captured by Bolivian authorities. The @MindeGobierno confirms the 2019 coup leader is in police custody. Jeanine Añez was taken to the Departmental Police Command of Beni then taken to the Trinidad airport to be transferred to La Paz, accompanied by the Commander of the Police, Jhonny Aguilera.

BREAKING: Bolivia's courts have ordered the arrest of former coup President Jeanine Añez and her most senior Ministers, as they are considered a 'flight risk'.

This comes as part of the investigation into the US-backed coup in 2019. Energy Minister of the coup Rodrigo Guzmán was arrested in Trinidad, Beni for the Senkata case and is being transferred to La Paz.

XXI Meeting of the @ALBATCP Political Council

🇩🇲Foreign Affairs Minister of Dominica Kenneth Darroux thanks Cuba's Henry Reeve Brigade and supplies from Venezuela; thanks ALBA for vaccine distribution; condemns measures on Venezuela and Nicaragua; calls to lift blockade on Cuba Dominica congratulates Cuba for success in its vaccine development despite the decades-long U.S. blockade.

Minister Kenneth Darroux, a doctor, also said he is proudly the product of Cuba's medical education program.

Bolivia will hold elections for governors, mayors and councils one week from today. Here's a look at the final weekend of campaigning in La Paz. (short thread)

@CesarDockweiler's mayoral campaign (MAS) is holding a breakdancing battle at Mercado Camacho. César himself takes a turn on the floor (not actually).

César Dockweiler, who became known for building the state-owned cable car system ‘Mi Teleferico,’ plans to continue socialist development in close partnership with the national government, as Mayor of La Paz.

BREAKING: Bolivia has cancelled and returned the full sum of the US $346.7 Million IMF loan taken out by the coup regime, in rejection of IMF impositions on internal economic policy.

As of February 2021, the loan had already racked up $24.3 Million in interest and commissions. "The Central Bank of Bolivia, informs the public that in defense of the economic sovereignty of the country and respect for the Political Constitution of the State, it returned 346.7 million USD to the IMF which was irregularly managed by the de facto government in April 2020."

Bolivia is hosting a congress of Latin America's social movements, chaired by Evo Morales. The aim is to lead the unification and liberation of the continent, on the basis of 'plurinationalism' to reflect the diversity of the cultures of the people. The @CONAIE_Ecuador say that neoliberal governments are scared because the indigenous people of the Americas are uniting.

Bolivian workers are marching in La Paz against the privatization of education, health and in defense of labor & constitutional rights. The protest is organized by national labor unions (COB) while similar protests are taking place around the country. Thousands of workers march through La Paz against the regime's privatizations including contingents of major labour unions and rural teachers who left the town of Lahuachaca several days ago. We've sped up video of the march recorded by Patria Nueva. #Bolivia👇🏽

Bolivia's far-right terror group 'Resistencia Juvenil Cochala' have announced that they'll cut water supplies to the working-class districts in the Zona Sud of Cochabamba, as revenge for protests against the coup regime in those districts. The terror group has begun to lay bricks to cover entrances to the governors office. Some have warned that a coup could take place against the MAS governor of Cochabamba.