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Supporters of former President Evo Morales rally in Sacaba, outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Morales's backers have taken to the streets demanding his return, since he resigned on Nov. 10 under pressure from the military after weeks of protests against him over a disputed election he claim to have won. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Was Bolivia coup based on false claims?

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and he First President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales (Getty Images/Salon)

Media: Now we want a Venezuela coup

Joshua Cho - FAIR
iPhone XS (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Revenge of the mining companies

Vijay Prashad - Independent Media Institute
Thousands of people from the opposition celebrate after President of Bolivia Evo Morales announced his resignation in La Paz, Bolivia on November 10, 2019. Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned, shortly after the head of the countrys armed forces called on him to step down. (Marcelo Perez Del Carpio/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Was Bolivia's election really flawed?

Gregory Shupak - FAIR
Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Anez speaks while taking oath to the military command during her first day in power, at the Quemado presidential palace in La Paz, on November 13, 2019. - Anez, who declared herself interim president before her claim was endorsed by the constitutional court, arguing that her succession was necessitated by the resignations of those above her in the government hierarchy, will try to fill the power vacuum left by Evo Morales's abrupt resignation, as the former leader denounced what he described as a "sneaky coup." (AIZAR RALDES/AFP via Getty Images)

Western media whitewashes Bolivia coup

Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz - FAIR
Demonstrators who support the opposition presidential candidate Mesa run to supporters of the current head of state Morales in a protest. Election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) had recommended that the president, who had been in office since 2006, allow a run-off election. (Gaton Brito/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Why the Bolivia coup is not a coup

Alan MacLeod - FAIR
Bolivia's President Evo Morales (AP Photo/Juan Karita) (AP)

Socialist prez forced out in Bolivia

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
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