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Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez, speaks during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Murillo square in La Paz
THERE “now exists state terrorism in Bolivia,” Argentinian human rights activists have warned, following the ousting of president Evo Morales in a US-backed fascist coup last month.
The delegation reported on massacres at Sacaba and Senkata, which they said were the worst crimes against human rights committed by the regime of new President Jeanine Anez, a conservative Catholic who has branded Bolivia’s indigenous population “satanic.”
On November 15, nine people were killed in the town of Sacaba when police and soldiers attempted to stop a group of pro-Morales coca growers and farmers from marching to the city of Cochabamba.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS