Etter det USA-støttede kuppet, som mange kaller det.

"Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Anez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to escape abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country`s first elections since a US-backed coup last November.

by Alan Mcleod.

Mint Press News Ollie Vargas was on the scene in the center of the capital La Paz, where he filmed hundreds of armed soldiers performing drills outside the Cathedral of St. Francis and dozens of military vehicles circling the city, sirens on and guns drawn.

"The purpose of that is to intimidate people ahead of possible protests on the 22nd of January...

For an interim government, the Anez administration has certainly made some sweeping policy changes, both at home and abroad. Internally, it has begun a mass privatization program aimed at conducting a fire sale of the country`s considerable natural resources. Since November it has been at war with the press, launching a crackdown om all media hostile to it, clamping down multiple TV stations, with critical journalists disappearing or being found dead in suspicious circumstances. It has also set up new SWAT-like secret police battallions aimed at suppressing what it calls subversive voices,"
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"It has also moved far closer to the United States than previously, recognizing US-backed figure Juan Guaido as the legitimate head of state of Venezuela. Earlier this month, a team from the U.S.-funded group USAID arrived in the country to advise the government on how to best conduct the upcoming election."


Mint Press News: - Bolivia:: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Gov`t Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders