CIA intervention is definitely there, but maybe for other reasons. They did already try to murder him in several occasions, be it the Bolivian government, CIA or whomever it may be.
Regarding the relationship, it was supposedly a consensual relationship. Not too nice, but in those places it is not too strange for a young girl to get together with an older man. Most girls have kids by the time they are 18. Now, go figure what is true and what is not.
In the Chapare the propaganda by Evo is very strong. He is loved by the people. They do have a fortified town, I went there to meet him just before the elections. It is not at all a strong defence: thousands of farmers taking turns to defend Evo with sticks and shields.
He is unlikely to surrender to the police. The police could easily go to his fortified place, it’s not like he’s got any real defence that a team of 10 militaries with machine guns could not handle. The main line of defense is that in order to get him they’d have to kill hundreds of innocent farmers. And then the whole country would revolt: while Evo is not appreciated as before, and while propaganda antagonized him very much, many people see him as a good honest person which actually tried to improve the country. There’s plenty villages where there was no water, electricity or roads before Evo.
I appreciate this insight from somebody that has been there. It’s hard to parse from western media what is real, as somebody who has not. We really can only trust what we know to be true, which has always been true, but should now be plain for everybody to see. the fact it isn’t is just a bit sad. Nevertheless it helps to hear from people that know the situation beyond the propaganda, so thanks for taking the time to respond.
CIA intervention is definitely there, but maybe for other reasons. They did already try to murder him in several occasions, be it the Bolivian government, CIA or whomever it may be.
Regarding the relationship, it was supposedly a consensual relationship. Not too nice, but in those places it is not too strange for a young girl to get together with an older man. Most girls have kids by the time they are 18. Now, go figure what is true and what is not.
In the Chapare the propaganda by Evo is very strong. He is loved by the people. They do have a fortified town, I went there to meet him just before the elections. It is not at all a strong defence: thousands of farmers taking turns to defend Evo with sticks and shields.
He is unlikely to surrender to the police. The police could easily go to his fortified place, it’s not like he’s got any real defence that a team of 10 militaries with machine guns could not handle. The main line of defense is that in order to get him they’d have to kill hundreds of innocent farmers. And then the whole country would revolt: while Evo is not appreciated as before, and while propaganda antagonized him very much, many people see him as a good honest person which actually tried to improve the country. There’s plenty villages where there was no water, electricity or roads before Evo.
I appreciate this insight from somebody that has been there. It’s hard to parse from western media what is real, as somebody who has not. We really can only trust what we know to be true, which has always been true, but should now be plain for everybody to see. the fact it isn’t is just a bit sad. Nevertheless it helps to hear from people that know the situation beyond the propaganda, so thanks for taking the time to respond.