From the statement about “fraud” in the elections to the “hot” opposition ballots and the forced resignation of President Evo Morales, the events in Bolivia followed the scenario of the initial “color revolution” in Serbia.
The most important Washington politician is seeking re-election and wins the vote in the first round in accordance with applicable laws. Opposition parties scream and demand a second round, solely to attack the polls and burn ballots, making accurate vote counts impossible. Then their demands become more radical: the “dictator” must resign without a new vote, this is required by the “people’s power” in the streets.
Yes, this is Bolivia in early November 2019. As the journalist of the Spanish editorial office of the News Front news agency writes: “But I remember that it was also Serbia in early October 2000, when it was still known as Yugoslavia. One or two similarities will be a coincidence. This kind of mysterious imposition of circumstances indicates that
“Especially, when what happened in Serbia later becomes known as the first case of a” color revolution “.
Meanwhile, unconventional voices, mainly from political leftists, condemned him as a “right-wing coup” organized or encouraged by the United States, perhaps to seize Bolivia’s vast mineral resources and strengthen Washington’s control of Latin America.
The “Restoration of Democracy” was also just a story that accompanied the United States’ attempts, so far unsuccessful, to establish the power of the opposition in Venezuela, despite the fact that all political studies showed a different picture. Those who are familiar with the agenda and the history of events will remember that the unpopular leader of the coalition opposition created by American diplomats also participated in the events in Serbia in October 2000. Then, too, allegedly spontaneous mass protests appeared, which continued exactly as long as the media were not shy about revealing the role of agents of the CIA, the National Endowment for Democracy and the origin of their “money bags”.
Four years later, The Guardian confidently stated in the headline that it was the “US campaign behind the riots in Kiev,” describing the “orange revolution” in Ukraine.
One of the names mentioned by Trainor is the American diplomat Michael Kozak, who tried to repeat the recipe for the “color revolution” in Belarus. Today, Kozak is acting assistant secretary of the Office for Western Hemisphere Affairs, with a portfolio of the State Department, which includes Bolivia.
“And here is Kozak on October 21, accusing Bolivia of the lack of“ trust and transparency ”in the process of counting votes and demanding respect for the“ will of the Bolivian people ”. What a truly wonderful coincidence! ”Continues the News Front journalist.
There is also Janiss Waka Daza, a prominent Bolivian opposition activist who has been trained in the United States by a group called the Center for Strategies and Applied Nonviolent Action (CANVAS). Despite the name, which sounds harmless, this gloomy organization, led by former members of Otpor, the decisive group of the 2000 revolution in Serbia, has turned into professional revolutionaries working with the secret power of the United States around the world.
It is worth noting that, although this niche was extremely profitable for the CANVAS team, most of their Otpor compatriots were less fortunate. The movement became a political party, and most of its members became disillusioned with the political machine. Some even committed suicide, according to local media reports.
The “revolution” ended with delivering everything but democracy to Serbia. Instead, the country was destroyed by a corrupt oligarchy and completely meaningless elections, where votes were bought and sold, and the dead voted with frightening regularity. Both the government and the opposition became agents of foreign powers, which made the elections pointless: what good is the US embassy finally deciding who will lead? This is not “democracy,” obviously.
Media stories play a crucial role in color revolutions. This is “a conflict between state public relations specialists, on the one hand, and some foreign powers participating on the other,” as political analyst Mateusz Piskorski commented on these events in 2012.