US FOREIGN POLICY

Coups-for-Green-Energy added to Wars-For-Oil

Deposing Morales for Bolivia’s lithium

Salar de Uyuni salt plain in Bolivia. (photo by Lion Hirth, public domain)

The US-supported right-wing coup against Bolivian President Evo Morales on November 10th was a serious strike against that nation’s autonomy and its people (especially its indigenous, of whom Morales was one). Such meddling has defined US foreign policy in Latin America…