Look who’s meddling in Bolivian politics now

[Judi Lynn]

Look who’s meddling in Bolivian politics now
January 6, 2015 — Sabina Becker

Oh Denmark…really? YOU? You TOO? WTF is the matter with you people?

Bolivian president Evo Morales affirmed today that “conspiracies will not be pardoned”, in response to a request by the Danish NGO, IBIS, to reverse its expulsion from Bolivia.

“Conspiracies will not be pardoned, interference will not be pardoned,” said Morales in a press conference in La Paz, when asked about IBIS’s petition to remain in Bolivia.

Last December, the Bolivian government announced the expulsion of the NGO, accusing it of political meddling, of financing the division of indigenous organizations, and of expressed in documents “intolerable” criticisms of its relationship with the native peoples.

Bolivian authorities have given IBIS until the end of March to wrap up all their programs.

The secretary-general of IBIS, Vagn Berthelsen, was in Bolivia last week to meet with the authorities and engage in dialogue about the government’s decision, according to a communiqué published on the NGO’s website.

The same source indicated that before leaving, Vagn Berthelsen expressed his satisfaction with the “direct dialogue” he had with various ministers, including the Minister of the Presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana, which allowed him “to understand with greater precesion what had occurred and what happened with intention, and what happened without intention”.

“I must admit that we, IBIS, have committed errors, and I have asked for forgiveness, in meetings and in writing, for these acts, which are not in line with the policy of our work in Bolivia. It also appears that there are some misunderstandings which we are trying to clear up”, said Berthelsen, according to the communiqué.

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Translation mine.

No, that rotten smell isn’t coming from the fish, or from the corpse of Prince Hamlet’s murdered father. It’s coming from what astute LatAm-watchers have begun to recognize as The Usual Suspects…namely, foreign NGOs purporting to “help” the poor indigenous people of Bolivia. Or, in this case, apparently to foment unrest among them by turning them against Bolivia’s first indigenous elected president. Or trying to.

It’s not exactly a new strategy; Philip Agee noted that the CIA did it in Ecuador for years using various “aid” groups as fronts, USAID most prominently among them. USAID has been kicked out of Bolivia, along with an ambassador who got caught on camera holding clandestine meetings with prominent putschist opposition leaders. So I guess it stands to reason that any corruption of local leaders must now come from someplace else.

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