Bolivia: Coup-Born Government Threatens Independent Journalists
By teleSUR
15 November 19
Four Cuban officials were also accused of demonstrating against a de facto
regime headed by Senator Jeanine Añez, who self-proclaimed president on
Tuesday.
Independent journalists who are covering protests in Bolivia were accused of
carrying out "sedition" by Communications Minister Roxana Lizarraga, who was
paradoxically appointed by a US-backed government that emerged from a coup
d'etat against the socialist President Evo Morales.
"Law will be fully enforced against those journalists or pseudo-journalists
who are seditious, whether they are nationals or foreigners," Lizarraga said
and took the opportunity to blame Cuba and Venezuela for the ongoing social
unrest in Bolivia.
They want to put us on their knees, she added and warned that the Interior
Ministry already has a list of the journalists who are stirring up
resistance or rebellion against the coup-born regime.
After these announcements, four Cuban officials were arrested and accused of
demonstrating against the interim government headed by Senator Jeanine Añez,
who self-proclaimed president on Nov. 12.
According to identity documents to which international journalists had
access, however, the detainees are cooperating technicians who are part of
the Cuban Medical Brigade.
Physician Ramon Emilio, economist Idalberto Delgado and electromedical
engineer Amparo Lourdes are currently being held at the Police Operations
Tactical Unit (UTOP) in La Paz. The fourth detainee's identity is not yet
known.
The Organization of American States (OAS) is a coup plotter and must answer
for its complicity in kidnappings, torture, and deaths of Bolivian citizens,
who are resisting and denouncing Bolivia's coup d'etat that was executed
with interference from the U.S. Enough of media censorship! The United
Nations should disseminate information and intervene.
Despite the blockade that mainstream media are making to what is happening
in the Andean country, expressions of international solidarity with the
Bolivian people are multiplying.
In Mexico City, for instance, human rights defenders and social activists on
Friday will hold a rally in front of the U.S. embassy in rejection of the
coup d'etat, which is being consummated under the auspices of the
Organization of American States (OAS).
"We are all invited to denounce the U.S. empire blatant interference in this
country," the rally organizers said and added that the Bolivians will keep a
stubborn resistance against the racist oligarchy.
Among the organizations summoning the rally are local solidarity committees
with Bolivia, Cuba, and Venezuela, as well as the Metropolitan Compass and
the Citizens' Mailbox.
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