Bolivian President Luis Arce on assassination plot against him, 2019 US-backed coup, rejection of IMF

On this episode, we speak to the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce. He discusses the position of developing Global South countries at COP26 against ‘green capitalism’ in the fight against climate change, the centrality of Bolivia’s lithium reserves in the US-backed coup by Jeanine Anez and the UK’s role in supporting it, the assassination plot … Read More >Bolivian President Luis Arce on assassination plot against him, 2019 US-backed coup, rejection of IMF

Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

Ben Norton discusses how the US military trained elite forces that carried out a coup in Guinea, a West African country with many natural resources, including the planet’s largest reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Western government-funded think tanks boasted that the Guinean coup is a blow to China and its Belt and Road Initiative. Washington’s new cold war has Africa in its crosshairs. … Read More >Reasons behind US-backed military coup in Guinea? Minerals and China

Tapes leaked to media reveal Bolivian coup government was plotting to overturn 2020 election loss with help from US mercenaries

Top cabinet officials in the caretaker government of Jeanine Anez plotted a second coup to stay in power in Bolivia, according to leaked documents. The plan allegedly involved hundreds of US mercenaries flown in from Florida. … Read More >Tapes leaked to media reveal Bolivian coup government was plotting to overturn 2020 election loss with help from US mercenaries

How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate Yaku Pérez aids the right-wing

Ecuador’s presidential candidate Yaku Pérez supported coups in Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. His US-backed party Pachakutik and supposedly “left-wing” environmentalist campaign is being promoted by right-wing corporate lobbyists. … Read More >How Ecuador’s US-backed, coup-supporting ‘ecosocialist’ candidate Yaku Pérez aids the right-wing