Sunday, May 09, 2004

Bolivian coup plot uncovered

And, of course, the U.S. is there.

It wasn’t a secret, but for a while, nobody was paying attention: there are groups plotting to destabilize the government of President Carlos Mesa, that are considering a coup d’etat in order to finalize the sale of Bolivian gas to Chile despite the outpouring of popular will against such a deal expressed in last October’s insurrection.

Of course, U.S. government officials have a lot to do with it (beginning with the Viceroy David N. Greenlee, his friends in the CIA, and even officials from the gringo agency USAID). It took a counterintelligence memo, put together by confidential Bolivian and Chilean sources, specifically accusing those foreign companies and politicians – to bring this matter to light. Then Congressman Evo Morales denounced the coup attempt, and the questions began…
  Narco News article

You know, this is not uncommon. But I am simply unable to keep up, and since I already am starting to fall behind in my upkeep of pages on Venezuela and Haiti, I am not going to pretend I can also do one on Bolivia. Therefore, for further information on this and other news in the "drug wars", check with Narco News.

...hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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