Chavez had the military on his side, as does Maduro, and the only reason MAS is in power is because of general strike and threats of civil war, and appears to have realized their mistakes, and are currently appear to start moving towards cracking down on the coup plotters and getting control for MAS
The U.S. doesn't need any specific event to manufacture consent against leftists. The fact remains that Morales:
Is a leftist, who
Obtained power in an election, and
Had a ~15 year run before reactionary opposition was ginned up.
That flies in the face of suggestions that leftists will never be allowed to win elections or that they'll be immediately deposed (like Allende) if they do.
The takeaway from Bolivia has much more to do with what leftists should do once they obtain power (defang reactionary opposition) than with how best to obtain power in the first place.
Chavez had the military on his side, as does Maduro, and the only reason MAS is in power is because of general strike and threats of civil war, and appears to have realized their mistakes, and are currently appear to start moving towards cracking down on the coup plotters and getting control for MAS
That wasn't true for the last 15 years, though.
There wasn't any major consent to manufacture over those years, with the most Morales running again despite the 2016 referendum provided ample reason
The U.S. doesn't need any specific event to manufacture consent against leftists. The fact remains that Morales:
That flies in the face of suggestions that leftists will never be allowed to win elections or that they'll be immediately deposed (like Allende) if they do.
The takeaway from Bolivia has much more to do with what leftists should do once they obtain power (defang reactionary opposition) than with how best to obtain power in the first place.
MAS needs to purge their officer corps.