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"It's about the lithium" doesn't really help anyone understand what Bolivia. Some basic context: That cancelled German contract. Who do we think awarded it in the first place? The government that blamed the opposition for stoking protests against it. https://www.dw.com/en/bolivia-scraps-joint-lithium-project-with-german-company/a-51100873
Anyway, I'll share a couple articles that I think are better than viral tweets.
Here's a solidly pro-Eva one, and my truncated interpretation: Morales empowered the powerless, bolstered his support among the middle class with his management of the economy, but "lost the street" when the OAS reaffirmed allegations of fraud. http://revistaanfibia.com/ensayo/como-derrocaron-a-evo/
Morales' ex-UN ambassador says he "could have finished his third electoral mandate... as a very popular president [with] the possibility of running for – and even winning – the '24 elections, if he had not forced through his re-election for a fourth term." https://systemicalternatives.org/2019/11/11/what-happened-in-bolivia-was-there-a-coup/
And we'll close, for now, with this critical take from Raúl Zibechi, who argues Evo Morales alienated the popular movements he needed to defend him. https://towardfreedom.org/front-page-feature/bolivia-the-extreme-right-takes-advantage-of-a-popular-uprising/?fbclid=IwAR0l81_0xkiWIecKeRo0HIw92x6RUQ9kKjD9sGUz_Lu4uCXV5fSUBul8A5Q
