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Protests don't erupt, this had been coming for weeks now. The attempt to demonize and delegitimise Evo has been quite clear in the last few weeks. Either Mesa won or regime change attempt would kick in fast. https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1186494079636426754
USA fast to show support (and green light) https://twitter.com/WHAAsstSecty/status/1186476742409674758?s=20
Mesa gave the order earlier https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186454352942288897?s=20
And just like that. Burning the electoral comission... https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186458463913893888?s=20
...and forcing the vote count to stop. Then cry election fraud. https://twitter.com/Canal_BoliviaTV/status/1186477273068855296?s=20
Thread on what happened in the last few hours since Evo's victory in the first round was announced. https://twitter.com/GBabeuf/status/1186428677774594048?s=20
This color revolution going straight to general strike (this step usually takes a bit longer) https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1186595552437231617?s=20
Color revolution attempts come with fake news campaigns: https://twitter.com/Canal_BoliviaTV/status/1186645665667080192?s=20
Speaking of fake news https://twitter.com/Presidencia_VE/status/1186494559276195840?s=20
Evo's lead did grow [after Mesa claimed there'd be a second round], which shows the rural vote, always pro-Evo, which, for geographical reasons, always arrives later. It has never been a problem. Until now... https://twitter.com/jmkarg/status/1186662670403035137?s=20
Relevant: last week Evo warned the opposition was preparing actions, starting with not recognizing election results. 'They want a coup' https://twitter.com/brunosgarzini/status/1186651589332869120?s=20
OAS will tomorrow analyze the situation in #Bolivia, petition sent by lots of usual suspects: Brazil, Canada, USA, Colombia, and the Guaidarian fake wannabe government. https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186686058924253184?s=20
Meanwhile, the Bolivian opposition following the bright example of other US-backed oppos in the region. https://twitter.com/ActualidadRT/status/1186704498774945792?s=19
Of course, bishops join the party https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186680804359004160?s=20
I'm sure this is super unbiased, Inter-American Dialogue, it's not like Evo's opponent Mesa is a member or anything. https://www.thedialogue.org/analysis/
#Bolivia offered OAS to verify the election result (it's kind of like inviting a vampire into your house). OAS accepts. https://twitter.com/Almagro_OEA2015/status/1186772343424724993?s=20
Small detail in the last sentence there: OAS plans to make recommendations for the second round. OAS has already mentally recounted the votes and decided a second round is needed.
Bolivian opposition launches what was expected of them, really. But hey, the media is already calling the election contested (it's not). https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1186996947552485376?s=20
Morales reminding anyone with a memory that their victories have always been based on the rural, indigenous vote. 'I don't understand people not recognizing that vote now'. https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186983328689340417?s=20
Evo calls to peacefully defend democracy. https://twitter.com/Canal_BoliviaTV/status/1186972914043801600?s=20
And he denounces a coup attempt https://twitter.com/EPinternacional/status/1186970492974063618?s=20
Morales responding to this Paro Cívicos's point. The last one is an ultimatum, if by 12am today the election commission hasn't called a second round, they call for the people to 'pressure' and not recognize Evo as president. Sounds a lot like a coup. https://twitter.com/jmkarg/status/1186970622905212928?s=20
And sounds like another Guaidó situation in the making. The media is already paving the way to not recognize Evo, already saying 'he proclaimed himself winner'. He didn't proclaim himself anything, he won. That's it. https://twitter.com/EPinternacional/status/1186970492974063618?s=20
Evo calls to avoid violence and provocations https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186970226971287552?s=20
And a key point in Evo's speech here about the race (and class) aspect: the Bolivian right-wing doesn't want to recognize the indigenous vote, just like in the past. They've never recognized it. https://twitter.com/Mision_Verdad/status/1186973008256290817?s=20
