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After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
After Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring economic and social democracy to his long-exploited country. It is important to recall that […]
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm’s Lithium Deal
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm’s Lithium Deal “Bolivia’s lithium belongs to the Bolivian people. Not to multinational corporate cabals.” The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to cancel an agreement with […]
Venezuela Leaders Confirm Active Coup Attempt In The Country
Venezuela Leaders Confirm Active Coup Attempt In The Country Multiple reports say a military coup attempt is ongoing Tuesday morning in Venezuela as an anti-Guaido militia loyal to opposition leader and US-backed Juan Guaidó tries to establish military control of key points across the capital of Caracas and other major cities. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez confirmed via social media […]
The Planning of a Coup against Venezuela: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda
The Planning of a Coup against Venezuela: Chile, September 11, 1973: The Ingredients of a Military Coup. The Imposition of a Neoliberal Agenda Chicago Economics: Neoliberal Dress Rehearsal of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) The main objective of the US-supported military coup in Chile was to impose the neoliberal economic agenda. “Regime change” was enforced […]
Venezuela? The bad guys are on Wall St.
Venezuela? The bad guys are on Wall St. With Washington talking up a military coup (Democrats for once in no hurry to berate Trump on the issue) and Russia a sufficiently interested party to have flown nuclear capable bombers into Caracas last month, it behoves us all to get up to speed on Venezuela. It should go […]
Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next?
Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next? The U.S. has employed all of its regime change tools in Venezuela and although so far they have failed, there is still a chance that a military attack is in store, warn Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Several signals point to a possible military […]
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain
Catalonia’s Referendum Unmasks Authoritarianism in Spain Monica Clua Losada, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley I have long worried about the rise of authoritarianism in the European Union. The Spanish government’s violent crackdown during the Catalonia referendum on Oct. 1 is the latest crisis to challenge EU institutions. Several member states are facing serious questions […]
The Turkish Witch-Hunt Begins: Erdogan Begins Arresting Government Critics
The Turkish Witch-Hunt Begins: Erdogan Begins Arresting Government Critics Having arrested those who were supposedly directly involved in the attempted coup, which at last count this morning amounted to over 6,000 individuals of which 3,000 members of the army (or less than 1% of Turkey’s 315,000-strong forces) and the Turkish legal system, including judges and prosecutors. […]
Turkey Convulsed By Failed Coup: Turkish Voters, Not Soldiers, Should Toss Erdogan
Turkey Convulsed By Failed Coup: Turkish Voters, Not Soldiers, Should Toss Erdogan Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for more than a decade. He should be enjoying his time of triumph. He towers above the political system, able to create and dismiss governments at will. The mayor turned prime minister turned president created a new, […]
Are Americans And Britons Being Prepped For A Military Coup?
Are Americans And Britons Being Prepped For A Military Coup? A recent poll conducted by YouGov revealed that a sizable portion of the American public is open to the idea of a military coup in the United States. The poll was conducted amid the continual polling that takes place during the U.S. Presidential election yet it did […]
British General Threatens Military Coup If Corbyn Elected
British General Threatens Military Coup If Corbyn Elected Late last week we brought you a collection of vivid images from a military coup in the West African nation of Burkina Faso where forces aligned with former President Blaise Compaoré arrested the acting President and Prime Minister ahead of democratic elections planned for October. To be sure, most […]
“It May Come To A Military Coup”: Ukraine’s “Nazis” Threaten To Overthrow Government
“It May Come To A Military Coup”: Ukraine’s “Nazis” Threaten To Overthrow Government “It may come to a military coup.” That rather ominous assessment of the political situation in Ukraine comes courtesy of a Right Sector fighter who spoke to FT last week. Like Saint Mary (the militia which recently pledged to create a “Christian Taliban” and […]
Egypt Is On The Edge Of Full Blown Civil War
Egypt Is On The Edge Of Full Blown Civil War Via GEFIRA, In the last few days there were dozens of separate attacks in Egypt from the Sinai up to Cairo. Probably more than 60 people died while the Egyptian army used F16 attack plains to protect itself against it disgruntled population. It is clear that the Egyptian […]
Thousands protest Burkina Faso army’s power grab | Reuters
Thousands protest Burkina Faso army’s power grab | Reuters. (Reuters) – Thousands gathered on Sunday in the center of Burkina Faso’s capital to denounce what they called a military coup, two days after mass protests forced President Blaise Compaore to resign. Compaore’s 27 years in charge of the landlocked West African country ended on Friday […]
Army officer takes charge in Burkina Faso, ousting general | Reuters
Army officer takes charge in Burkina Faso, ousting general | Reuters. (Reuters) – An officer in Burkina Faso’s presidential guard seized power on Saturday promising to lead the West African country to elections after the resignation of longtime President Blaise Compaore, in an apparent putsch against the military chief of staff. Compaore stepped down on […]
