What role did the OAS play in Bolivia's coup?

Описание: Amid weeks of protests after last month's disputed election in Bolivia, President Evo Morales resigned Sunday shortly after the Bolivian military took to the airwaves calling for the indigenous leader to step down. The military's call came on the heels of a recently released report from the Organization of American States, which questioned the legitimacy of the election results and revealed "clear manipulations" of Bolivia's voting system. But Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says the OAS has historically taken advantage of political crises and engineered outcomes to favor U.S. interests. "You can look at the tweets and statements from Marco Rubio right before the votes were even counted saying there was going to be fraud and making it clear they did not want this government to be there. I think it is obvious that they supported this coup," Weisbrot says. "It is very obvious that they pressured the OAS where the United States supplied 60% of the budget."

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