EDITORIAL: The coup d’état terror returns in Latin America

By Armando García

Once again, the terror of a military coup d’état shakes the lands of the Americas. What seemed to be part of the dark history of Latin America, is now again a reality, that are taking by surprise to the new generations, but that many, of those of us who are still alive, witnessed dictatorships, genocides, massacres and revolutions.

On this occasion, the military in Bolivia decided, obviously on orders and with the permission of US imperialism, to strike a blow against the indigenous president Evo Morales, who was constitutionally elected and, who in order to avoid bloodshed, decided to resign from office, thus opening the doors to a possible military dictatorship.

Again the fascist right, as it was in the twentieth century, follows the instructions of US imperialism, to coordinate the coup against President Morales, being the ultimate goal, to implement a government of the right that allows stealing and looting resources Bolivia's natural resources, its hydrocarbons and the reserves of millions of tons of lithium, the largest in the world, a key metal in the industry for electric vehicles and electronic devices.

This shows that under the military government, Bolivia's natural resources will pass into the hands of imperialist monopolies, as it was commonly done in the last century. It is well known that the Pentagon and Nazis in Latin America molded soldiers, generals, police officers to kill, torture, persecute and disappear the civilian population, students, teachers, housewives, workers, peasants; etc.

Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara once said that the “... imperialist bestiality ... does not have a specific border, nor does it belong to a particular country ... Because it is the nature of imperialism that bestializes men. The one that turns them into bloodthirsty beasts that are willing to slaughter, to kill, to destroy even the last image of a revolutionary, of a supporter of a regime that has fallen under his boot, or that fights for his freedom. ”

The empire under its president, Donald J. Trump, succeeds in Bolivia, which prevails its prey against Latin America, with Venezuela, Ecuador, Chile in its sights, again in Cuba and sooner or later it will have Mexico in its sights, counting on this last country with elite allies that no longer have the power and that under the Fourth Transformation of the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, no longer have the privileges that they obtained in previous regimes and that are now being returned to the most needed people.

This editorial, as time goes by, will be augmented, renewed, modified, and will denounce and not remain silent in the face of human rights violations caused by this coup in Bolivia.

Armando García is a renowned Mexican American journalist. He is editor and founder of the magazine Nuestra América in USA.