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Plurinational State of Bolivia

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Bolivia
Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
Tetã Hetãvoregua Mborivia
Wuliwya Suyu
Puliwya Mamallaqta
CapitalSucre
La Paz
Common languagesSpanish
Guarani
Aymara
Quechua
GovernmentUnitary presidential republic
• President
Luis Arce
• Vice President
David Choquehuanca
Area
• Total
1,098,581 km²
Population
• 2019 estimate
11,428,245
CurrencyBoliviano


Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a country in South America that has been the target of multiple CIA coups.

History

Operation Condor

In 1971, the United States overthrew the left-wing president Juan Torres, who was later kidnapped and killed by CIA-backed death squads. His successor, Hugo Banzer, tortured and executed thousands of dissidents and brutally crushed a strike of tin workers. In 1975, the CIA gave Banzer information that was used to locate and target leftist priests and nuns.

Movement for Socialism

In 2006, Evo Morales, a member of the Movement for Socialism party and the first indigenous president of Bolivia, was elected. He was president until 2019, when the CIA organized a military coup against him after he won the 2019 election by more than 10%. The United States created over 60,000 fake Twitter accounts to spread capitalist propaganda and Jeanine Áñez took power without an election. Áñez was an imperialist liberal who called the indigenous Aymara people "satanic."[1] In 2020, a general election was held and Luis Arce, another member of Movement for Socialism, won the election in a landslide. This election was confirmed to be fair by international observers.[2]

In January of 2022, the Bolivian government intercepted US weapons that were intended for right-wing separatist groups.[3]

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