I think somehow the supreme court will rule something in favor of Trump and let him win the election. Biden won't do shit or anything cool like send the army and kill and the supreme court judges, the Dems will accept this.
I heard an interesting take on the USA elections and the Democrats today. Of course Trump is rejected by many people, but his popularity and the way he manages to really draw a crowd are remarkable. No Democratic politician today can do that, I think the last one who really did it was Obama during the 2008 elections (which in four years' time will be 20 years ago). The Democrats simply can't draw a crowd like Trump because their candidates have no charisma and no real proposals for the people, all they do is “We're not Trump, we'll protect democracy”.
Now, compare any Kamala/Biden speech (except the MINI SODA speech) with Trump's rallies, of course Trump says a lot of nonsense and garbage, but he knows how to get the crowd going. Meanwhile, the Democrats are all boring and no energy. It seems that their voters are hostage to the Democrats because they fear that if they don't vote for the Democrats, they will lose all their rights and that at least the Democrats will slow down the decline of freedom a little.
I've seen some comparisons between democrats and socdems/leftists in Latin America. Lula da Silva, who is the same age as Trump, is always energetic, the crowd is always cheering and talking, he's there making jokes, comments about soccer, using language and slang that most people will understand, making proposals that actual affect people in a positive way. Compare Lula's rallies with Bolsonaro's. All Bolsonaro does is cry about the fact that the "evil" Supreme Court judge Moraes won't let him do livestreaming anymore (even his supporters are bored of this shit). And Lula is a cancer survivor who literally has a broken hip bone. The same goes for Nicolas Maduro, he's always dancing, making long speeches, bringing cool guests, he knows what his people want to hear, when people say Maduro is like the left-wing Trump, they're not lying, his rallies are very energetic. The same goes for Petro, José Mujica and even the Kirchners in Argentina.
He already attempted to change the constitution when the Supreme Court told him that was illegal. Back in 2016 here was a referendum and 51% of the voters rejected it. Also there was this bizarre fake news:
In the run-up to the referendum, opponents claimed that Morales had fathered an out-of-wedlock child named "Ernesto Fidel Morales" after Ernesto "Che" Guevera and Fidel Castro. The story was "mostly fake news." There had been a relationship, but never a child, and the woman had borrowed a child from her aunt to present to the press in support of the false allegations. Referendum supporters claim that the allegations hurt Morales in the polls.
There was also some controversy over Evo's fights with his vice-president, Álvaro García Linera, who, as well as being a former guerrilla fighter and a popular figure among Bolivia's white minority, said that Evo should stop doing these things because it was damaging the Bolivian left. And his quarrels that ended up leading him to expel his own older sister, Esther Morales, from the government when she was quite popular with everyone, especially women, because she was seen as a simple working-class woman.
I think the only good ending to this would be if Evo and Arce came to an agreement, like a candidate they could both agree on. But until then, these protests will only make the country more unstable and strengthen the far right. I doubt there will be a coup, since Arce has the open support of Brazil and China, but you never know, especially with the US sending troops to Ecuador and Peru, two countries with extremely weak right-wing governments that are on the verge of collapse. And there always Milei who keeps being a little shit that promotes US imperialism in South America, but at the same time keeps crying and begging Lula, Petro and Xi for money and food.
Children are told that Santa Claus does not exist.
Evo can't run for president again (De Jure, he couldn't run in 2019 either, but he did it anyway). Luis Arce (president of Bolivia that is a Socdem and former minister of Evo, who was elected president after the coup) has handled the Covid pandemic badly (people resisted vaccination due to social conservatism), and the country is not doing well economically. He has decided to seek better relations with China and Brazil, and has even joined Mercosur (Brazil's economic bloc).
Evo is angry because he wants to be president again. Part of the MAS (Evo and Arce Party, made up of communists, socialists, socdems and indigenous Bolivians, together with their allies from the white Bolivian left-wing minority) also wanted Evo to be president. But the Supreme Court doesn't like Evo and didn't let him run. Meanwhile, Arce did nothing to really help Evo and decided that he would run instead, the party in fact splitting into two groups within the same party, the Arcisistas (social democrats) and the Evoistas (democratic socialism). The far right , accuses Evo Morales of havingremovedd a girl or something, but has no proof of this.
Evo is using his popularity and Arce's unpopularity (especially with Bolivia's indigenous population, I believe Arce is somewhat popular with the mestizo and white population) to protest and put pressure on the government to reach an agreement. Evo is right about the economy, Arce has really screwed up some aspects and lost the respect of the indigenous people. And the Supreme Court's attacks on Evo are fucked up. Some army generals even said they would kill Evo to stop him from becoming president. But you can say, as many leftists have said, that Evo is dividing the left by wanting him and only him to be the presidential candidate, when he knows that this is illegal within the Bolivian constitution.
Evo Morales begins hunger strike in Bolivia
Former president says strike will continue until national dialog takes place, which he claims is “the only way” to resolve differences
“We began the hunger strike from the Territory of Struggle, convinced of the need to find solutions to the problems facing the Bolivian people today. ”
“The revolutionaries do not give up or give in. We will remain firm in the defense of better days for our Homeland and we demand the immediate release of the comrades unjustly apprehended during the day of protest.”
US soldiers will now have to fight the Shining Path and their also weird allies Ethnocacerist (Incan Nationalists Nazbols)
I think it begun in 2019 during the coup. Then when Arce won, it was not talked again until recently since Evo is angry at the Supreme Court for banning him from running (term limit), and at Arce for not helping him and because Covid fucked up the Bolivian Economy. Bolivia/Arce wants closer ties with Brazil and China, and focising on being socdem instead of Evo's more radical ideias.
Kamala Harris campaign sources told NBC News they “really hope” Donald Trump will declare victory before all the votes are counted. According to the broadcaster, there are “hundreds of lawyers” across the country and in swing states with “thousands of papers” to legally challenge whatever is done by Trump.
Yeah, the US is sending more troops to stop the Pro-US goverment from collapsing
Supporters of Evo Morales in Bolivia have seized the military base in Villa Tunari, the town where Morales himself resides. This is in retaliation for the attempted repression of protests right now in different areas of Cochabamba.
Although the protests began in defense of Evo Morales, demonstrators are now also demanding the resignation of President Luis Arce, who has failed to resolve the foreign currency shortage crisis. Last Wednesday, Arce demanded an “immediate end to the blockades”, threatening to use “his constitutional powers” to regain control of the roads.
On the outskirts of the Parotani bridge, blocked by protesters, sentries watch the horizon to warn of the movement of the security forces. The police are trying to clear the passage to resupply Cochabamba, where the strike has raised the prices of essential products. During the vigil, pastor Nicolasa Sánchez, 59, braids new huaracas while she waits. “Our huaracas are infinite, like the stones we use,” says Juanita Ancieta, leader of the Central de Mujeres Campesinas Bartolina Sisa.
The lack of electricity for four days in some regions has made it difficult to access water, forcing protesters to use river water. “We're going to resist until the end,” promises Flores, with his huaraca in hand, echoing the spirit of resistance.
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