Bolivia’s Coup in Practice
In the months since the coup d’état in Bolivia, the Añez government has aligned itself with hardline right-wing forces across the region – and made a mockery of Western ‘democratisation’ narratives.
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Guillaume Long served as Foreign Minister of Ecuador under the government of Rafael Correa and was the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations until January 2018. He is a senior policy analyst at the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).
In the months since the coup d’état in Bolivia, the Añez government has aligned itself with hardline right-wing forces across the region – and made a mockery of Western ‘democratisation’ narratives.
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Former Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Guillaume Long on Venezuela’s long crisis, the irresponsibility of Western responses and the growing risk of civil conflict.