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Lucas Koerner

Lucas Koerner is an editor and political analyst at Venezuelanalysis.

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’s right-wing coup, excuses brutal violence

Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz

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Venezuela’s “muzzled” press has more diversity than U.S. corporate media

Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz