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Democrats Largely Silent on Bolivia Coup
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
23 Dec 2019
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“We’ve seen very little pushback from the Democratic Party” to the military coup that deposed Evo Morales’ Native American government, said Jake Johnston, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington. Johnston said US law prohibits assistance to coup governments. He wrote a report detailing how the Organization of American States was wrong in claiming that the election won by Morales was flawed.

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