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[–] Monument@piefed.world 1 points 2 hours ago

is accused of impregnating a minor while he was in office

Shit, here I thought it was that he escaped from Easter Island.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Today i stumbled upon Dress To Impress ( an unholy Roblox game ) and he really looks straight outta that world.

[–] subspace_anomaly@anarchist.nexus 9 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Hard to know from the comfort of a device in a far off land, what is real and not real here. It certainly reeks of CIA intervention and this wouldn't be the first time they targetted Morales nor would it be the first time they used this type of cjarge to target somebody (Julien Assange for example). I am sure it would be very convenient for their new US back Neo-liberal government if he was guilty of these things. For now I am going to see where I left my grain of salt.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] subspace_anomaly@anarchist.nexus 3 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The alleged victim has come out saying nothing happened and that she shouldn't be used to go after Evo. I hate this world. The only thing I know is real is the grass I touch

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The alleged victim of Trump's child rape didn't want to pursue her case. But that's different, because the accused culprit is a right winger.

[–] JayTreeman@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And his association with known PDFs and sex traffickers. There's also a big difference between not wanting to go through with a case and denying anything actually happened. But you go right ahead and continue defending PDFs. We can see who you are

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 34 minutes ago

People who jump so quickly to accuse others of being pedophile defenders are probably pro-pedophilia.

For the record, I think Trump us guilty, and in a just world would be punished. As for Morales, if I were a socialist I wouldn't defend him just because he's one too. A victim not wanting to pursue a case against a powerful man doesn't mean he's innocent.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rwrwefwef@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

Im-Morales.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 20 hours ago

Bro used to look a bit better