Evo Morales ratifies denunciation of “interventionist plans” from the US.

Bolivian former president Evo Morales ratified this Thursday his complaint that there is “interventionist plans” from USA and one “ambition” for the natural resources of bolivianespecially lithium, after the US embassy in La Paz rejected these accusations stating that they are “unfounded assertions”.

“We ratify ourselves in denouncing the interventionist plans and looting ambition of the US on our natural resources, especially lithium”, Morales wrote on his Twitter account.

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He questioned whether the interim charge d’affaires of the Embassy of USA in Bolivia, Jarahn Hillsmantalks about a “global order”, while the head of the US Southern Command, Laura Richardson, mentions a “triangle of lithium”.

“If your charge d’affaires in bolivian wants to deny his interventionist plan, which first denies the head of the US Southern Command, Laura Richardsonwho unveiled his plan on March 8 before the House Armed Services Committee” from the US, stressed Morales.

The former Bolivian president denounced on Tuesday an alleged “interventionist plan” through the US Southern Command in Bolivia and “Brother countries” with the “excuse of guaranteeing democracy and security”.

Morales based his statements on recent statements by Richardson about the lithium reserves in ArgentinaBolivia and Chili and how the “adversaries” from the North American country are “subtractingthose natural resources.

The United States Embassy in Peace He said Thursday in a statement that “fully respects the sovereignty of countries and their right to develop their natural resources”.

He also rejected theunfounded assertions” that he plans to intervene in Bolivia or other countries in the region to appropriate their natural resources.

“I want the Bolivian people to know that this supposed denial hides the reaction of the empire against those who defend the sovereignty of the Bolivian people over their natural resources. We don’t have any fear. We will always fight truthfully and with dignity”, indicated Morales.

He assured that the United States was the first country in “recognize the de facto government of jeanine anez” in Bolivia in 2019 and that it is the country that gives “refuge to the murderers of the town”.

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The ruling party points out that in 2019 there was a “coup” against Morales, while the opposition maintains that the protests that led to his resignation were due to fraud in his favor in the annulled elections of that year.

Lithium was in focus after the departure of Morales from the Presidency, since the former president has assured several times that he was forced to resign due to a “coup d’état” against him promoted by interests such as those of the United States over this Bolivian resource. , which has been denied by the aforementioned parties.

Bolivia and the United States maintain their relations only at the level of business managers, since in 2008 Morales expelled the then US ambassador, Philip Goldbergand to the Administration for the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA, in English) accusing them of an alleged conspiracy against their Government.

Source: Elcomercio

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