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Morales's oust was a coup by any real definition of the word, and your story is ignoring reality.
by kick 7y ago
Morales's oust was a coup by any real definition of the word, and your story is ignoring reality.
- rayiner 7y agoA military coup is where the military overthrows a legally elected government and seizes power for itself. Morales was illegally and corruptly elected, and the military did not seize control: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/472356-dispelling-myths-about-the-battle-for-democracy-in-bolivia https://thehill.com/opinion/international/472356-dispelling-.... It’s not a coup for the military to withdraw its support for a head of state that’s taking illegal action. (Consider a similar situation. Trump packs the Supreme Court and runs for a third term in violation of the term limit. He wins, but in an election where UN election monitors find “overwhelming evidence” of fraud. Military officials, who take an oath to defend the constitution, would have a duty to refuse to accept his authority.) More to the point, Greenwald omits all the background information necessary for the reader to decide whether there was a coup. The military didn’t just one day decide to stop supporting Morales after 14 years. It happened only after a series of events—illegal actions by Morales and key institutions abandoning him.