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September 27, 2018

Bolivian President Calls Out U.S. Over Coups & Support for Dictators
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Trump's appearance at the Security Council came as critics of the U.S.
administration took to the floor of the United Nations on Wednesday. In
a fiery address from the Security Council, Bolivian President Evo
Morales said the U.S. was uninterested in supporting democracies,
pointing to its long history of financing coups and supporting
dictators. Morales cited the case of Iran.

President Evo Morales: [Translated] "In 1953, the United States
financed, planned and implemented a coup d'etat against a democratically
elected government. After that, for many decades the United States
supported an authoritarian government that allowed the profits from oil
companies to line the pockets of transnational countries. This situation
endured until the revolution of 1979, and now that Iran has retaken
control of its own resources, it is once again the victim of a U.S.
siege."



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