After Morales was removed, an insignificant far-right politician named Jeanine Áñez set aside the constitutional process and seized power. The CELAG study shows that 9 out of 10 Bolivians have seen their incomes decline due to the coronavirus recession. Please try again in a minute. After Morales was removed, an insignificant far-right politician named Jeanine Áñez set aside the constitutional process and seized power. At that time, the “evidence” of fraud was offered by the far right and by a “preliminary report” by the Organization of American States; only after Morales was removed from office was there grudging acknowledgment by the liberal media that there was in fact no evidence of fraud. We will always defend our resources!” He then said, “we get our lithium from Australia”; this will not settle the issue, since eyebrows are being raised in Australia regarding the environmental damage from lithium mining. dchill: Jul 25 #6 sprinkleeninow: Jul 25 #20: And. The US is Set on a Path to War with China. New poll by @CELAGeopolitica: pic.twitter.com/p682ifqtVD, ​Zamorano noted that, as in Venezuela, Bolivia’s opposition parties are “extremely divided” thanks to their diverging interests, meaning their forces are split between multiple candidates as MAS surges forward thanks to greater unity. “We will coup whoever we want! His company Tesla has long wanted access at a low price to the large lithiumdeposits in Bolivia; lithium is a key ingredient for batteries. “We need to find out first if he was just being arrogant,” Zamorano told host Brian Becker. Literacy rates rose and hunger rates dropped. Musk, apparently unphased by the accusation, responded: “We will coup whoever we want! We have to remember as well that Bolivia nationalized [natural] gas that was being sold extremely cheap before him, so he changed all the structure of public policies in a way that all these sectors - housing, health care, farmers’ activities - all that got more funds from the government,” he said. Elon Musk: We will coup whoever we want! The government of Áñez has been utterly incompetent regarding the coronavirus. M ultibillionaire Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk once again proved that he does not know how to keep silent. At that time, the “evidence” of fraud was offered by the far right and by a “preliminary report” by the Organization of American States; only after Morales was removed from office was there grudging acknowledgement by the liberal media that there was in fact no evidence of fraud. The health minister in the Áñez government – Marcelo Navajas – was arrested for this scandal. Originally scheduled for May 2020, the elections were then moved to September 6 and have now been pushed back another month to October 18. We will always defend our resources!”. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Are you sure you want to delete your Sputniknews.com account? Follow him on Twitter @BradBlank_. Alejandro Bejarano is a Bolivian musician, documentarian, and social media manager. Protests across Bolivia began on July 27 for the restoration of democracy. Last Friday, Elon Musk caused a stir on Twitter when he suggested that he supports coups which benefit his companies. Bolivia crisis: how did we get here and what happens next? “Tesla stock price is too high imo” Tesla stock price is too high imo — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 1, 2020. On October 24, 2019, Morales claimed a decisive electoral victory once again to serve another term as president in a huge blow to the right-wing opposition that had become increasingly radical against his leadership. Did Elon Musk Tweet ‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want, Deal With It’? AP Photo / John Raoux, another possible US government stimulus package, “We will coup whoever we want! On May 10, after six months of this misery, Anez’s supporters took to the streets. So he was trying to change the balance of power from the US to other actors.”. And nothing said in support of such a system is funny or ironic. Think your friends would be interested? The current anti-indigenous, anti-worker and anti-democratic regime of Jeanine Anez, backed by the United States, has imposed misery on the Bolivian people by rolling back a generation of field-leveling economic and social policies enacted under the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government of President Evo Morales.