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Military Coup in the South American Country of Bolivia
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:03 pm
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Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:04 pm to Athis
They just lost to USA soccer. Can't blame them for attempting a coup
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:04 pm to Athis
Wouldn't happen if Trump was president
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:05 pm to Athis
I can hardly boliv it
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:06 pm to Athis
Can you imagine being able to overthrow a government with a couple of armed personnel carriers and a couple dozen soldiers? 
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:07 pm to bhtigerfan
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Can you imagine being able to overthrow a government with a couple of armed personnel carriers and a couple dozen soldiers?
Pretty sure Haiti got overthrown by a couple of cannibal gang members with a pointed stick.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:09 pm to teke184
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Pretty sure Haiti got overthrown by a couple of cannibal gang members with a pointed stick.
I hope Biden’s uncle is ok.
This post was edited on 6/26/24 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:09 pm to Athis
Too bad our military is too woke to do this.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:10 pm to Athis
I'm gonna blame Mike Tyson.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:11 pm to Athis
Another thing to remember is that much like South Africa, Bolivia is a country with more than one capital city. La Paz is the capital of the executive branch and legislative branch, but the capital of the judicial branch is in Sucre. Neither La Paz nor Sucre are the largest city (Santa Cruz de la Sierra), but La Paz is #3 and the second largest city is right next door in El Alto.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:12 pm to Athis
Funny, I'm trying to figure out what exactly is going on in Bolivia, and all I can find is articles circa 2018-2020 that talk about how Bolivia's shift to socialism is or isnt working.
I don't think those articles aged too well.
It'll work next time though.
I don't think those articles aged too well.
It'll work next time though.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:13 pm to Athis
Bolivian Govt are/were allied to Venezuela and China. Maybe the Generals got tired of the Communists.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:23 pm to bhtigerfan
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Can you imagine being able to overthrow a government with a couple of armed personnel carriers and a couple dozen soldiers?
Well, the most powerful country in the world was almost overthrown by a few hundred middle-aged Americans armed with flagpoles and pepper spray.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:25 pm to Pendulum
From 2006-2019, Bolivia’s economy nearly quadrupled in size. They had politically backed Cuba and Venezuela for a while, but started drifting increasingly leftwards economically too towards the end of that run. Looks like covid popped the bubble, and the socialist government hasn’t done a good job since then causing typical socialist problems. Bolivia has always been corrupt, cycling through fascist military dictators, socialist elected populists, and corrupt sons of elites. While there hasn’t been a military coup there in decades, this isn’t exactly unprecedented there.
Bolivia only has 34k people in their military.
South America has the opposite problem from The Middle East: the borders make too much sense. In the Middle East, the borders practically force all of the nations into conflict over water, oil, and ethnic/religious differences. In South America, there’s only two main languages, and their borders have been set for 500 years. There’s literally one sect of one religion (Catholicism) for the whole continent, so most people have something in common.
The borders leave virtually every nation self-sufficient with their resources and follow the natural ethnic divides. Hence, conflict the past two centuries between various nations has been fairly minimal. While disputes do exist such as Bolivia’s claims to Northern Chile which they lost in the Pacific War and the border disputes between Venezuela and Guyana, the avenues for armed conflict are minimal.
With no Darwinian struggle to constantly defend/expand, the governments in these nations are free to become corrupt. The militaries don’t defend the nation from other nations, but rather defend the government and elites from the people. When the government gets too bad to tolerate, the military replaces the government.
Bolivia only has 34k people in their military.
South America has the opposite problem from The Middle East: the borders make too much sense. In the Middle East, the borders practically force all of the nations into conflict over water, oil, and ethnic/religious differences. In South America, there’s only two main languages, and their borders have been set for 500 years. There’s literally one sect of one religion (Catholicism) for the whole continent, so most people have something in common.
The borders leave virtually every nation self-sufficient with their resources and follow the natural ethnic divides. Hence, conflict the past two centuries between various nations has been fairly minimal. While disputes do exist such as Bolivia’s claims to Northern Chile which they lost in the Pacific War and the border disputes between Venezuela and Guyana, the avenues for armed conflict are minimal.
With no Darwinian struggle to constantly defend/expand, the governments in these nations are free to become corrupt. The militaries don’t defend the nation from other nations, but rather defend the government and elites from the people. When the government gets too bad to tolerate, the military replaces the government.
This post was edited on 6/26/24 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:27 pm to Pendulum
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I'm trying to figure out what exactly is going on in Bolivia, and all I can find is articles circa 2018-2020 that talk about how Bolivia's shift to socialism is or isnt working.
Bolivia is one of those places that it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't actually exist.
This post was edited on 6/26/24 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:28 pm to Athis
Excellent. Hopefully the helicopter ride industry in Bolivia will take Comrade Arce and his cronies for a thrilling sightseeing adventure over the nearest body of water.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:31 pm to Lsupimp
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Excellent. Hopefully the helicopter ride industry in Bolivia will take Comrade Arce and his cronies for a thrilling sightseeing adventure over the nearest body of water.
Lake Titicaca and Lake Poopo helo tours.
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:31 pm to Indefatigable
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Bolivia is one of those places that it wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't actually exist.
All it is is white powder in the wind?
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:32 pm to Lsupimp
Posted on 6/26/24 at 4:34 pm to Athis
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