Bernie finally condemns the coup in Bolivia, turns slowly to the right direction towards his progressive allies in Latin America

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We already pointed out Bernie Sanders' wrong position on several foreign policy matters, especially concerning Latin America. His latest completely unacceptable response was when a corporate stooge pushed him to admit that Nicolas Maduro is a dictator. Bernie did something even worse. He called the legitimate president of the country a "vicious tyrant". 

Others, like Roger Waters, tried to warn him too. 

Immediately after the coup against the democratically elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, many Leftist leaders around the world didn't hesitate to condemn it.

Among them, the newly freed, former Brazilian President and political prisoner, Lula da Silva. In Europe, even moderates, like the former Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, rushed to side with Morales. And Jeremy Corbyn didn't hesitate to do the same, despite that he has a very crucial election ahead and the corporate media seek the slightest excuse to attack him.

And this is only a small sample.

So, Bernie put himself in a difficult position because after his statement against Maduro, it wouldn't be easy to align with other progressive leaders to support Morales. It seems that this statement was not only false and unfair, but also the result of a very bad strategy.

To see @evoespueblo who, along with a powerful movement, has brought so much social progress forced from office by the military is appalling.

I condemn this coup against the Bolivian people and stand with them for democracy, social justice and independence. #ElMundoConEvo

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) November 10, 2019

Acabo de saber que houve um golpe de estado na Bolívia e que o companheiro @evoespueblo foi obrigado a renunciar. É lamentável que a América Latina tenha uma elite econômica que não saiba conviver com a democracia e com a inclusão social dos mais pobres.

— Lula (@LulaOficial) November 10, 2019

En Bolivia se ha consumado un golpe de Estado producto del accionar conjunto de civiles violentos, el personal policial autoacuartelado y la pasividad del ejército. Es un golpe perpetrado contra el presidente @evoespueblo, que había convocado a un nuevo proceso electoral.

— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) November 10, 2019

Quiero expresar mi solidaridad y todo mi respeto a Evo Morales @evoespueblo y al pueblo de Bolivia al frente a todos intentos a regresar los días oscuros de los golpes del Estado y de la violencia. Que gane la democracia. #EvoNoEstasSolo

— Alexis Tsipras (@tsipras_eu) November 11, 2019

Yet, it seems that Bernie slowly starts finding his way towards the right direction, in order to secure the progressive vote in 2020 presidential election, as well as, the support from his Latin American ideological allies.

Just a small sample of what can be achieved here was Bernie's tweet for Lula da Silva right after he was released from Jail and the response of Brazil's top political prisoner. Bernie tweeted:

                    As President, Lula has done more than anyone to lower poverty in Brazil and to stand up for workers. I am delighted that he has been released from jail, something that never should have happened in the first place.

The result was a warm response from Lula who endorsed Bernie for President:



It was a good start for Bernie. It seems now that he starts to realize that, in order to defeat Trump and his foreign policy, he should side with all his ideological allies globally. And this is extremely important in the case of Latin America as this region has suffered decades of US interventions through regime-change operations, military and constitutional coups, US puppet governments.

So, finally, Bernie denounced the coup in Bolivia:

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. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia’s democratic institutions.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2019

 
Earlier, other important progressive political figures, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar did the same, showing the right path. The US progressive Millennial generation exhibits its braveness by standing in the front line against the neocon/neoliberal regime.

There's a word for the President of a country being pushed out by the military. It’s called a coup.

We must unequivocally oppose political violence in Bolivia. Bolivians deserve free and fair elections.

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 11, 2019

What’s happening right now in Bolivia isn’t democracy, it’s a coup.
The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful elections - not violent seizures of power.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 11, 2019

In the end, the picture we get is a sense of coordination and alliance among the progressive leaders around the globe. Leftists start to take the initiative to condemn such right-wing originated coups against progressive governments, taking advantage of the rapidly growing ideological vacuum. This vacuum grows fast due to the ethical deterioration of the liberal elites in the West - who prefer to remain silent if not secretly support these coups - in order to protect and advance corporate interests.

Perhaps the loudest example can be found now in the US. The corporate Democrats, which represent the neoliberal center, exhibit an outstanding level of hypocrisy by trying to impeach Trump on highly controversial, if not groundless accusations. When at the same time, they literally ignore his awful policies both inside and outside the US.

As corporate media propaganda and power declines, Leftists realize that they should not hesitate to openly confront the imperialists and their various actors. They will gain rather than lose electoral support, especially from younger generations. These are signs showing that the time for a global-scale alignment of the progressive forces may have come.