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Image is of Bolivian President Luis Arce (center, with glasses) face-to-face with General Zuñiga (in camouflage) during the coup attempt.


On the 26th of June, while Hexbear was in an 8-hour hibernation, General Juan José Zuñiga marched 200 troops and some armored vehicles on the government palace in an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of Luis Arce. This is somewhat reminiscent of Jeanine Anez's coup in November 2019 where she overthrew the socialist president Evo Morales, but while that coup was due to a colour revolution likely orchestrated by the United States and had at least a tiny amount of political/public legitimacy and "followed the rules" in a certain sense (as Morales was trying to abolish presidential term limits, which is only evil if a socialist is doing it), this was a much more naked attempted seizure of power by a military general.

This coup was quickly terminated without even a momentary transfer of power. Democracy was saved.

Despite being in the same party, Morales and Arce have increasingly been in opposition. Morales champions anti-imperialism, rights for indigneous people, and poverty reduction. This last one especially has been threatened by Arce, though it's not entirely his fault, as the Bolivian economy is threatened by the same crisis affecting so many developing economies around the world right now - say it with me now - a lack of dollars and mounting debt. The US Federal Reserve is carrying out a bloody offensive against the world's poor, and this has combined nastily with a rather uninspiring "post"-coronavirus economic recovery in Bolivia, as well as diminishing natural gas production (and thus less exports with which to earn dollars).

While the coup was ongoing, Morales banded behind the government. Afterwards, however, Morales expressed his skepticism about whether the coup was, in fact, genuine, calling for an independent investigation into it, and saying that Arce “disrespected the truth, deceived us, lied, not only to the Bolivian people but to the whole world." This is because General Zuñiga made a series of very interesting statements to his family and colleagues, saying that Arce had "betrayed" him, and saying that Arce had told him “‘The situation is very screwed up, very critical. It is necessary to prepare something to raise my popularity.'" This does check out on the surface level, at least: Arce has suffered increasing unpopularity as the economy has suffered.

Interestingly, Morales' narrative has been supported by the anarchocapitalist leader of Argentina, Javier Milei, who is currently busy completely destroying his own country and stripping the copper out of the walls to give to American capitalists. Milei said that the coup attempt was "fraudulent". Meanwhile, those inside MAS opposed to Morales' accusations of a false coup have accused him of allying with the fascist right and becoming an instrument of imperialism.


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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (8 children)

from aljazeera

Iran’s reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins run-off presidential vote: Reports

Pezeshkian said to be winner of run-off election with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million, according to reports.

Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and lawmaker who has promised to reach out to the West, has won the country’s presidential runoff election by beating Saeed Jalili, according to state media reports.

A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million after Friday’s election, the Associated Press reports.

Supporters of Pezeshkian entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn on Saturday to celebrate as his lead grew over Jalili, AP reports.

We will bring you more on this story shortly.

from FT

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election

Pezeshkian’s success is a remarkable turnaround for the reformist camp, which has spent years in the political wilderness. It was bolstered by an increase in turnout which was officially put at 49.8 per cent, compared with a record low of 40 per cent in the first round.

Reformist politicians hailed the result on social media while Pezeshkian supporters staged street celebrations in several cities.

Iran is now set to have its first reformist president in two decades, with the republic at a critical juncture.

i think we can all agree from this story that helicopters are flying coffins

[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 46 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reaching out to the West? I guess I should know just from reading that, but he's a neoliberal isn't he?

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 49 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

the reformist camp in Iran is very diverse so its hard to say if he is 100% a neoliberal or just a diferent type of liberal he has called the USA gov terrorist in the past

its posible with the west's 100% support to israel's hostility plus other western geopolitical objectives he may be forced to take an more pro-east (russia, china) stance like his opponent

[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I swear he said he wouldn't reach out to Israel. I could 100% see him basically having to retract his ideas of reaching out to the west. The best thing he could do is at least resolve some of the issues with social conservatism because that stuff is a massive liability as it seems to be getting less and less popular.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

his big campaign promise was to make social reforms to deal with the social conservatism in the system so i think he will do that, i dont imagine Putin or Xi forcing him to do anything and since BRICS+ participation is very profitable for Iran he will keep good relations with both, I think both Biden or Trump will ultimatly force him to continue the east policy via a continue hostility

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Framed in that manner, good? Anyone who opposes religion having an impact o society is good tbh. Especially if they are practical enough to also oppose the west. Which is a great thing all on its own. So two great things.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 30 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i think he will be fine, his internal policies seem good and i think the west will force him to have good external policies

[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That is reassuring. The stuff I read over the last few days made it seem like he would cozy up and give concessions for no real gain

[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

He will, but it's not important in the long run.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 36 points 5 months ago

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

[–] newmou@hexbear.net 34 points 5 months ago

Decent crack in the pillar. Millions don’t know it

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 24 points 5 months ago

reach out to the west.... with the Iranian nuclear program?

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

this is really fucking bad. FUCK