Latin America
Coup and Massive Resistance in Bolivia Gustavo GimĂŠnez
The coup unleashed a fierce resistance against the illegitimate government of Jeanine AĂąez, an agent of the great bourgeoisie and imperialism. Unlike what Evo and the MAS propose, the solution is not to negotiate with the coup leaders but defeat them.
19. Widespread indignation reigns in this city, vanguard against the coup, and in the people that confront it. Meanwhile, popular cabildos (town halls) are taking place. Among them, a massive one in El Alto that voted to mobilize against the coup, and another in Sacaba, Cochabamba, that began debating how to arm the people and take other measures of self-defense. On Thursday 21, a massive mobilization of the people of El Alto that marched through the streets of La Paz carrying the five coffins of those murdered in Senkata, was violently repressed.
A new confrontation in the Senkata distillery of El Alto between repressive forces and the people that were occupying it to disrupt the distribution of fuel to La Paz left a total of nine people dead and dozens wounded on November 27
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Permanent Revolution
