Bolivia

Bolivia: New Gov’t Sets to Work Undoing Damage Left by US-Backed Añez Regime (12/9/2020)

Evo Morales: 'We Recovered Our Country Without Violence' (11/9/2020)

Emergency protests: No to the U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia! (11/11/2019)

In Bolivia thousands of mostly Indigenous protesters marched to the community of Senkata to demonstrate against the US-backed far-right coup regime, which massacred 8 protesters there yesterdaypic.twitter.com/g9Z2REYPhe

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) November 20, 2019

let’s look at the timeline:
- 8 days ago, Bolivia cancelled agreement with German mining company for lithium reserves
- This Germany company was a supplier for Tesla, as all their batteries are lithium-based
- Coup happens
- Today, German gigafactory announcement https://t.co/vXTPrCzwfU

— Bard (@NoHoldsStarBard) November 12, 2019

What MSM won't tell us: Evo Morales is #Bolivia's first indigenous President and enjoys widespread popularity. He brought prosperity to Bolivians, fought the IMF and supports Palestine.

The opposition is a gang of CIA-backed stooges who want to reinstate neoliberal economics.

— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) November 10, 2019

President Evo Morales said the DEA financed illegal activities by selling confiscated drugs in Bolivia. (6/28/2016)

10 Years of Evo Morales (1/21/2016)

The global demand for lithium, used to make batteries for cell phones, laptops, and hybrid cars, is expected to triple in the next 15 years.

50-70% of the world's supply of this critical mineral is contained in just one place -- Bolivia's Uyuni salt flatshttps://t.co/IDvTOIFGSH

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) November 11, 2019

Bolivia's fight for survival can help save democracy too

Bolivia's War Over Water

Look at what Morales did for the poor & oppressed of Bolivia - while in a global system that wasn't built to protect them. He significantly reduced poverty, alone, from 60% in 2005 to 38.6% in 2016. Lowest unemployment in Latin America. https://t.co/MLEaNddcrh

— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) November 10, 2019

Links

Bolivia Newspapers

Bolivia Weekly

Bibliography

BOTTLED LIGHTNING, Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy By Seth Fletcher