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"I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday became the first 2020 Democratic presidential
candidate to speak out against Sunday's military coup in Bolivia which saw that
country's President Evo Morales forced to resign before going into hiding.
"I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military,
after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales," Sanders
tweeted. "The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia's democratic
institutions."
The Vermont senator's comments came after a day of mounting pressure to speak out
from his left-wing grassroots movement. Earlier Monday, as Common Dreams
reported, Sanders supporter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) condemned the
coup in no uncertain terms."The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful
elections," said Ocasio-Cortez, "not violent seizures of power." Sanders' expression of
support for Morales was welcomed by supporters."By far the biggest difference
between Bernie and the rest of the Democratic candidates is how well versed he is in
and how much he cares about the type of international left issues that, say, The Nation
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