Yeah wtf this would be world news ( just another on the pile of Trump’s terribleness but at least as bad as other recent events)

Edit: there is definitely a ton of chaos there now, protests against the new president as their economy sucks and made use by the Iran war spiking fuel prices: Banks close branches in tense Bolivia, diplomats call for calm - https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/banks-close-branches-tense-bolivia-diplomats-call-calm-2026-05-19/

It appears that Evo Morales used an invented USA threat to motivate his supporters. All video "evidence" is of his supporters doing stuff as prevention of that invented threat, not in reaction to an actual USA kidnapping attempt.

There is an actual Bolivian threat for Eva Morales though: Bolivian courts had first ordered his arrest in 2024 because of a rape case, but Morales holed up in a regional stronghold to avoid appearing before court. Recently the Bolivian government has been making new moves to make an actual arrest, which Morales appears to want to thwart by rallying his supporters again.

Maybe because you didn't read the article, with videos inside.

That was a beautiful read, thugs in suits.

The west tries to hush up actual popular resistance while magnifying color revolutions. That's a good litmus test to see that yes, this is genuine popular resistance.

I've only heard whispers on lemmy and Reddit. This is the first journalism I've seen. I love Bolivia and I've always wanted to go. The salt flats alone are something everyone should see. Now I can't show my American face there :( those poor people.

I watched some videos of it on tiktok but they already fixed the algo to not show this