SACP Condemns ‘Imperialist-Driven Coup’ In Bolivia

Riyaz Patel

Riyaz Patel

The South African Communist Party (SACP) has condemned what it terms “the imperialist-driven coup in the Plurinational State of Bolivia,” following the forced resignation of the country’s first indigenous leader Evo Morales.

The former president has since tweeted that he had left for Mexico where he has been granted asylum.

“This coup amounts to a suppression of the Bolivian people’s right to national sovereignty and self-determination,” the SACP said in a strongly worded statement.

The Party said Morales had markedly improved the lives of his people, ensuring “freedom and self-sustenance.”

It added that Morales had overseen the radical upliftment of Bolivians and continued to mobilise the people in the struggle against imperialism.

“His practical interpretation of democracy as the further economic and social development of the people as a whole, and not merely a few rich