Bolivia’s former president denounces the DEA for denigrating the Bolivian peasant movement

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, has again reiterated his denunciation of an alleged campaign by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to “denigrate” the peasant movement in Cochabamba.

On other occasions, the former president has warned that this campaign is promoted from within the Executive by sectors that he calls “coup-mongers”. However, the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, has rejected this theory.

On this occasion, Morales warned of a “conspiracy of the DEA against leaders and senators of the Tropic (of Cochabamba)” to try to “denigrate” the coca growers’ movement, peasants dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaf.

“No matter how much they lie, the people know the truth. The coup plotters want to strike a blow to the social base of the (ruling party) Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS),” the former president remarked on his social networks.

This campaign denounced by Morales has provoked internal convulsions within the MAS, which has even led to expulsions from the party. The Unity Pact -which brings together organizations related to the ruling party- called a meeting to which the former president was not invited a week ago.

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