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The Bolivian coup: Corbyn was right, Raab and Wintour wrong
Tories and liberals got it disastrously wrong over Bolivia in their rush to smear Labour, says SOLOMON HUGHES
JUSTICE SERVED: Jeanine Anez in her cell in Miraflores women’s jail in preventive detention since March 2021 on charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy, for leading the the coup d’etat against then-president Evo Morales
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
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A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
IN 2019, Bolivia’s left-wing president, Evo Morales, of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) stood for re-election.
Morales won most votes, but there were mass demonstrations by right-wing Bolivians against the result, inspired by claims of voting fraud.
The Organisation of American States (OAS) ruled there had been “serious irregularities” in voting.
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