US Applies Old and Failed Methods of Subversion against Bolivia

Published in Cuba Debate
(Cuba) on 21 November 2012
by Patricio Montesinos (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Bianca Fierro. Edited by Peter L. McGuire.
As we approach the general election in Bolivia, planned for 2014, the United States accelerates the implementation of old and failed methods of subversion that are very well known in various Latin American countries; The U.S. has experimented with these methods in Cuba since the first years of the Revolution in the 1960s.

Truly, Washington has demonstrated that it lacks initiative in its war against revolutionary processes; this is easily discovered if one investigates just a little into the history of Washington’s perverse and illegal attempts to overthrow the governments in Latin America that it considers “adversaries.”

Amongst the principal tactics included in the subversion plans of the North American regimes and their secret services, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), are the continual belittlement of top leaders of revolutionary processes, the creation of false contradictions between principal officials, the encouragement and exacerbation of local conflicts and conflicts with neighboring countries, and the creation of “opponents” whom are unscrupulously funded by the Pentagon.

Today the United States targets Bolivia with these same outdated and sloppy tactics because President Evo Morales is an “enemy” to dethrone in this region, because of the process of change that is occurring in his country in favor of the most dispossessed, and because of his clear anti-imperialist and integration stance.

A media campaign against Evo, related to his supposed personal assets, has intensified in the last couple of weeks with the complicity of conservative “spokesmen” who lack prestige as well as media controlled by the weak and discredited Bolivian right-wing traditionalists.

The campaign aims externally and internally to show, without any evidence, that “profound divergences” exist between the president of Bolivia and his vice president, Alvaro Garcia Linera. Racist and ethnic elements are utilized for this purpose, given the concrete fact the president is indigenous and the vice president is white.

It has even been published, by an unknown source from a South American country, that Linera was implicated in a supposed attempt against Evo. This is a real deceit, evidently designed to achieve the age-old imperial precept “divide and conquer.”

It is worth noting that Washington used, and still uses, identical campaigns against Cuba to make believe that substantive contradictions exist between the leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, and the current president, Raul Castro.

Another subversive tactic that Washington has used against the Caribbean island, and is currently using in Bolivia and other South American nations such as Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicaragua, is the manufacture of “peaceful opponents.” These are little characters who continuously repeat fallacies, like deceitful parrots. They groundlessly criticize any determination made by the progressive leaders of the region, and are well-paid for their cooperation by Washington.

The authorities and the Bolivian people have to be prepared for these assaults from Washington, which are well-coordinated with the nationalistic right-wing sectors, that will undoubtedly intensify leading up to the election in 2014.

It is even expected that the campaigns against Evo will include rumors about his health, as we have seen on repeated occasions in similar campaigns against the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro.

The methods and the final objective of the White House and its secret service are well known. They should by no means be underrated, despite the fact that they have failed in the last few years because of the revolutionary and unifying winds that blow strongly in Latin America.


En la medida en que se acercan las elecciones generales en Bolivia, previstas para 2014, Estados Unidos acelera la puesta en marcha de viejos y frustrados métodos de subversión, muy bien conocidos en varios países de Latinoamérica, y que han sido experimentados contra Cuba desde los primeros años de su Revolución, en la década del 60 del pasado siglo.

Realmente, Washington ha demostrado que carece de iniciativas en su actuar beligerante contra los procesos revolucionarios, lo cual se descubre fácilmente si se indaga solo un poco en la historia de sus andanzas perversas e ilegales para conseguir derrocar gobiernos en América Latina, a los que considera “adversarios”.
Entre las principales medidas incluidas en los planes de subversión de los regímenes norteamericanos y sus servicios secretos, como la Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA), sobresalen denigrar continuamente acerca de los máximos líderes de los procesos revolucionarios, crear falsas contradicciones entre sus principales dirigentes, alentar y exacerbar conflictos locales y con naciones vecinas, y fabricar “opositores”, financiados sin escrúpulo alguno por el Pentágono.

Bolivia es hoy blanco de ese caduco y chapucero accionar de Estados Unidos motivado porque el presidente Evo Morales es un “enemigo” a destronar en esta región, debido al proceso de cambio que protagoniza en su país a favor de los más desposeídos, además de por su diáfanas posturas antiimperialista e integracionista.
Una campaña mediática contra Evo vinculada a su supuesto patrimonio personal se ha intensificado en las últimas semanas con la complicidad de “portavoces” conservadores sin prestigio alguno, y medios de prensa en poder de la débil y desacreditada derecha tradicional boliviana.

Paralelamente, se pretende desde el exterior e internamente hacer ver, sin fundamento alguno, que existen “profundas divergencias” entre el Presidente de Bolivia, y su Vicepresidente Álvaro García Linera, utilizando para ello elementos racistas y de carácter étnico, dado el hecho concreto de que el mandatario es indígena, y su segundo de raza blanca.
Se ha llegado incluso a publicar, por un medio desconocido de un país sudamericano, que Linera estuvo implicado en un supuesto atentado contra Evo, lo que constituye un verdadero embuste, ideado evidentemente para lograr el añejado precepto imperial de “divide y vencerás”.

Vale recordar que Washington aplicó, y aun las pone en práctica, idénticas campañas contra Cuba para hacer creer que entre el líder de la Revolución, Fidel Castro, y el actual presidente Raúl Castro existen contradicciones de fondo.
Similar hace contra la isla caribeña, y lo materializa actualmente en Bolivia y otras naciones latinoamericanas como Venezuela, Ecuador y Nicaragua, la fabricación de “opositores pacíficos”, personajillos que no paran de repetir como papagayos falacias, y criticar sin argumentos cualquier determinación de los ejecutivos progresistas de la región, por bien pagadas instrucciones de Washington.

Las autoridades y el pueblo bolivianos deben estar preparados para esas embestidas de Washington, muy bien coordinadas con los sectores derechistas nacionales, las cuales se intensificarán sin duda alguna en lo adelante de cara a los comicios de 2014.

Incluso es de esperar que las campañas contra Evo incluyan rumores sobre su estado de salud, como lo han hecho en repetidas ocasiones con el presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, y otras tantas incontables, con Fidel Castro.

Los métodos y el objetivo final de la Casa Blanca y sus servicios especiales son bien sabidos, pero no por ello pueden ser menospreciados, aunque es cierto también que en los últimos años han fracasado por los vientos revolucionarios y de unidad que soplan con fuerza en Latinoamérica.
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