Jeanine Añez

Study Debunks Claims That Led to Bolivian Coup

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Feb 28, 2020 New research from MIT raises serious questions about the U.S.-backed Organization of American Studies' assertions of election fraud. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Argentina Defies the Americas’ Crisis of Democracy

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Dec 23, 2019 As regional powers backslide and Donald Trump looms, one nation offers a popular, progressive alternative. A dispatch from Buenos Aires. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

U.S. Faces Calls to End Support for Bolivia’s Right-Wing Regime

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Nov 24, 2019 "What is happening in Bolivia is highly undemocratic," argue scholars and activists. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a presidential forum hosted by Univision in Long Beach, Calif. Saturday.

Bernie Sanders’ Stance on Bolivia Matters

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Nov 18, 2019 Any party even nominally opposed to imperialism should be able to identify a coup as such. It's a test Democrats have failed miserably. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Civil War, Now!’ Bolivia Crisis Escalates; 8 Dead, Dozens Hurt

LUIS ANDRES HENAO and JUAN KARITA / The Associated Press Nov 16, 2019 Security forces fire on supporters of Evo Morales in what the former president describes as a massacre perpetrated by a dictatorship. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Bolivian Senator Defies Constitution, Declares Herself President

Jake Johnson / Nov 13, 2019 Evo Morales says "the most crafty and disastrous coup in history has been consummated" as Jeanine Añez appoints herself interim president. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )