Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity
gedaliyah, 
“Accused” by whom?
Just before he was detained on Wednesday, the alleged plotter Zúñiga sowed seeds of doubt, telling journalists – without providing evidence…
Burried in the EIGHTH paragraph, past the break. FML that should be in the headline, Guardian. Please do better.
UnderpantsWeevil, 
“Accused” by whom?
The British, by the look of it
febra, I’m not buying this shit.
FlyingSquid, 
People will literally believe any conspiracy.
elobscuro1309, This is a fairly common occurrance in LATAM, the “autogolpe”
rbesfe, This coup looks like no other in Latin American history. Even the opposition parties denounced it, and there was virtually no division in the military
FlyingSquid, 
“This never happened before” does not mean “this was a false flag operation.”
Etterra, So, Spiderman pointing?
Ghostalmedia, 
[Bolivia] has seen about 190 coups, as well as military dictatorships and revolutions, since it gained independence in 1825.
Jesus Christ. That country fucking loves coups.
SquishyPandaDev, 
More like American imperialism likes coups
joostjakob, Bolivians don’t need CIA approval to plot a coup
unexposedhazard, This is the first one since 1984 however. Makes it much more signifcant than it might sound after hearing that number.
raresbears, 2019?
unexposedhazard, Hard to say. Im not well informed enough to judge whether that did classify as a coup.
Wogi, That’s more than one a year. That can’t be right.
Looking at the Wikipedia for it, that number comes from a Washington Post country guide with absolutely no context or source to back it up. So I’m not confident that’s correct. The Wikipedia article itself details less than 30 coups. They have one every few years sure, but it’s not like every 9 months for 160 years someone was trying to overgrow the government.
mathemachristian, Hell of a spin
madsen, Didn’t something similar happen in Turkey with Erdogan a few years back? Pretty sure he was accused of being behind it himself too; don’t know what the final verdict was though.
I think it’s a pretty common accusation, just like when a politician is attacked, someone will invariably suggest that they staged it in order to get more support.
massive_bereavement, Plus they arrested a suspicious number of journalists, lawyers and college teachers.
mathemachristian, Yeah but he wasn’t. It was Fetullah Gülen who is now in hiding in the USA.
gravitas_deficiency, I was under the impression that the general consensus on Gülen was the accusations are more or less bullshit
mathemachristian, I dont know why you would be, are you in the US? Its very likely that they were behind it and are trying to cover it up
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