He set-up a constitutional court, and used it twice to circumvent the constitution and run for re-election as president. He was deposed in a military coup when he won his fourth consecutive term in office, and fled to Mexico. The coup failed because it had little popular support, since the party of Morales (and himself) were very popular. The coup leaders were responsible for crackdowns on protestors and later killings of protestors.
If the OAS really was trying to rig the election, they wouldn't have left as blindingly obvious of a "mistake" as they were eventually caught with in their data analysis.
He's the first indigenous president of a country riven by colonial racism and capitalist oligarchy.
If they weren't trying to rig the election, they wouldn't still deny they made that mistake.
In short, Evo Morales is a socialist politician who acted as President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. He was pretty successful, overseeing quite consistent economic growth at the same time as a reduction in income inequality. He's also the first ruler of Bolivia to come from the indigenous population since the pre-colonial era.
Right, so you were referring to the American Convention on Human Rights?
And then later, by a much larger margin, they voted for a fourth consecutive term for Morales.!
La CIDH argumenta que la reelección no es un derecho autónomo
Durante la primera audiencia pública de solicitud de Opinión Consultiva ante la CorteIDH, la CIDH presentó los argumentos que sostienen que la reelección presidencial no es un derecho humano.www.paginasiete.bo
The Bolivian people voted against a fourth consequtive term for Morales, and he ignored it.
Right, cuz noone's ever tried to deny making a colossal fuck-up to save their own ass, in the history of ever...
This isn't what you say when you're not trying to rig an election.
No it's not. It's a doctrine of democracy. Some people just like conflating capitalism with democracy.
I say that's a REALLY smart move on Morales' part to not once again take office as President. Especially since after his aims of abolishing term limits makes him appear like he wants to remain in office for life as dictator.
Actually the crimes they're charging Anez and co for are "genocide and other offences" for carrying out killings of indigenous people for being MAS supporters.
Ok, but that's not what happened. Protestors attacked and blockaded major infrastructure. It wasn't "carrying out killings of indiginous people". It wasn't genocide. It was conflict that was entirely Morales' fault for inciting.Actually the crimes they're charging Anez and co for are "genocide and other offences" for carrying out killings of indigenous people for being MAS supporters.
Bolivia parliament approves charges against ex-interim president
The parliament recommends a trial against Jeanine Anez for ‘genocide’ and backs criminal indictment of 11 ministers.www.aljazeera.com
I don't know, the state coming down and killing dozens of protesters sounds pretty genocidal to me, I think that charge'll stick.
The protesters were trying to kill people. They were blockading the city and causing food and energy shortages.
So when protesters were blocking streets and highways this summer, our police would have been fine with just gunning them all down?
That's not comparable scale. Protestors this summer in the US blocked off small areas or single highways to get visibility of their protests. In Bolivia, it was a coordinated effort to block all shipment into an entire city. If a group organized in the US to not let resources into a major city by any route for long enough to cause food and gas shortages, the military would level them, yes.
That's certainly one way to view things.
Somehow I don't think it's a question of scale.
Stop calling it "indigenous people" like it matters. You're even just taking their word that it was in any way "indigenous people". If people were killed while trying to blockade a police escorted gas shipment into a suffering city, and someone tells you that's genocide against indigenous people, you should start doubting their words.
