Former Bolivian interim president and coup leader Jeanine Áñez was released from the Miraflores prison in La Paz on Thursday after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) overturned the ten-year prison sentence imposed on her in the case known as "coup d'état II".
The judicial decision, approved by a majority vote, concluded that the process violated constitutional guarantees and due process, ordering his immediate release.
Áñez, 58 , had been convicted in 2022 for “resolutions contrary to the Constitution” and “failure to fulfill duties ”, after assuming the presidency in November 2019 amid the political crisis that led to the resignation of Evo Morales.
The former president recalled that she assumed the position "even knowing that at some point it would have a cost," and defended her actions in a context of power vacuum after the forced resignation of Morales, pressured by civic mobilizations, the police rebellion and the suggestion of the Armed Forces.
His administration, however, was marked by Supreme Decree 4.078 , which granted immunity to the military and police during road blockade operations. This measure was identified as the framework that allowed the Senkata and Sacaba massacres , in which 36 people were killed —events that remain under investigation and continue to be a major point of contention regarding his administration.
The release of Áñez has reopened the political debate in Bolivia about the 2019 crisis and its consequences. While her supporters celebrate the decision as an act of justice , sectors affiliated with the MAS party and human rights organizations warn that the victims of the massacres are still waiting for truth and reparations.
In the coming days, Áñez is scheduled to participate in public events and, according to local media, attend the inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Paz, which would mark her return to the political scene after years of forced silence.
La Dame d'Azur - 1mon
Everyone involved should've been executed the minute MAS got back in power.
I feel like Marx watching the Paris Commune refuse to seize the banks or wage class warfare.
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Malkhodr - 1mon
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cfgaussian - 1mon
Social democracy in global south countries that are desperately trying to develop and defend themselves against neo-colonial and imperial domination is in many ways fundamentally different from social democracy in the imperial core, and i have always advocated for critical support for them, but as we have seen time and time again, it also has very painful limitations.
This is the unfortunate consequence of stopping short of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and remaining stuck at the level of liberal parliamentary democracy.
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rainpizza - 1mon
This is the unfortunate consequence of stopping short of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and remaining stuck at the level of liberal parliamentary democracy.
Yes, it is just as you said and I can even add that they also failed to eradicate certain institutions of capitalist rule that were instrumental for the return of the right as shared by this other post:
Hopefully, all of the marxist in Latam will learn from this experience and even create stronger movements from all of these attempts. We will not give up and every failure will help get us closer to a big success.
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Bolivia: Former coup leader Jeanine Áñez is released by order of the Supreme Court
https://www.telesurtv.net/liberan-jeanine-anez-condenada-golpismo-tsj/Former Bolivian interim president and coup leader Jeanine Áñez was released from the Miraflores prison in La Paz on Thursday after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) overturned the ten-year prison sentence imposed on her in the case known as "coup d'état II".
The judicial decision, approved by a majority vote, concluded that the process violated constitutional guarantees and due process, ordering his immediate release.
Áñez, 58 , had been convicted in 2022 for “resolutions contrary to the Constitution” and “failure to fulfill duties ”, after assuming the presidency in November 2019 amid the political crisis that led to the resignation of Evo Morales.
The former president recalled that she assumed the position "even knowing that at some point it would have a cost," and defended her actions in a context of power vacuum after the forced resignation of Morales, pressured by civic mobilizations, the police rebellion and the suggestion of the Armed Forces.
His administration, however, was marked by Supreme Decree 4.078 , which granted immunity to the military and police during road blockade operations. This measure was identified as the framework that allowed the Senkata and Sacaba massacres , in which 36 people were killed —events that remain under investigation and continue to be a major point of contention regarding his administration.
The release of Áñez has reopened the political debate in Bolivia about the 2019 crisis and its consequences. While her supporters celebrate the decision as an act of justice , sectors affiliated with the MAS party and human rights organizations warn that the victims of the massacres are still waiting for truth and reparations.
In the coming days, Áñez is scheduled to participate in public events and, according to local media, attend the inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Paz, which would mark her return to the political scene after years of forced silence.
Everyone involved should've been executed the minute MAS got back in power.
I feel like Marx watching the Paris Commune refuse to seize the banks or wage class warfare.
Social democracy in global south countries that are desperately trying to develop and defend themselves against neo-colonial and imperial domination is in many ways fundamentally different from social democracy in the imperial core, and i have always advocated for critical support for them, but as we have seen time and time again, it also has very painful limitations.
This is the unfortunate consequence of stopping short of establishing the dictatorship of the proletariat and remaining stuck at the level of liberal parliamentary democracy.
Yes, it is just as you said and I can even add that they also failed to eradicate certain institutions of capitalist rule that were instrumental for the return of the right as shared by this other post:
Hopefully, all of the marxist in Latam will learn from this experience and even create stronger movements from all of these attempts. We will not give up and every failure will help get us closer to a big success.