• madsen@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      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.

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    4 months ago

    [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.

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      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