https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50383608Granted political asylum in Mexico, he is there now. Maybe he should run it, I dunno. He helped get Bolivia in shape BUT... that government probably has or could have narco-connections.
In a Nov. 10 message, the bishops' conference, along with several civic groups, encouraged “Bolivians to peace and to not commit acts of vandalism or revenge or anything we could regret. We all have a grave obligation to defend the lives of all Bolivians.â€
They also pointed out that “what's happening in Bolivia is not a coup d'état, we say it before all Bolivian citizens and the entire international community.â€
“In the name of God we tell you: stop the violent acts and let us preserve life and the peace. Let us maintain the peaceful spirit that has reigned in the people in this time,†they said.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bolivian-bishops-call-for-end-to-vandalism-after-morales-resignation-69478
Okay, I only post above, most people in Bolivia, anecdotally, seem to be glad this has happened actually. That's just anecdotal but versus the Marxists and apologists for the regime, many who are not there... most Bolivians seem glad.
Propagandists, Counter Theorists at the
Gray Zone . A lot of Marxist type bots out there but most South Americans, those actually there, don't seem to agree with this. Lost my original post, so this is a trimmed down version. This has turned into a very big story.
Progressive common dreams writes:
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than a Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm's Lithium Deal
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The Morales move on Nov. 4 to cancel the December 2018 agreement with Germany's ACI Systems Alemania (ACISA) came after weeks of protests from residents of the Potosà area. The region has 50% to 70% of the world's lithium reserves in the Salar de Uyuni salt flats.
Among other clients, ACISA provides batteries to Tesla; Tesla's stock rose Monday after the weekend.
As Bloomberg News noted in 2018, that has set the country up to be incredibly important in the next decade:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/bolivian-coup-comes-less-week-after-morales-stopped-multinational-firms-lithium-deal?amp
This is an interesting angle but I would need to hear nore, otherwise, it could be a hare-brained theory, plus, Indigenous or not, a group should not be able to hold a whole nation back.