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Audio Recordings Documenting U.S. Politicians and Bolivian Opposition Leaders Organizing the Coup

The Radio Education Network of Bolivia (Erbol) leaked 16 audio recordings involving opposition leaders who are calling for a coup d'état against the government of President Evo Morales, a political action which would have been coordinated from the U.S. embassy in the Andean country.

Among those mentioned in the recordings are the U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Bob Menéndez and Ted Cruz, who would have maintained contact with the Bolivian opposition in order to achieve regime change in the Bolivia.

The recordings also reveal participation in the political conspiracy of the
former prefect of Cochabamba, Manfred Reyes Villa, who was accused of corruption in 2009 and fled Bolivia to seek asylum in the U.S., where he is currently living.

In their conspiracy talks, these Bolivian politicians also mention a former Bolivian president whose name is not given explicitly, former New Republican Force lawmaker Mauricio Muñoz and former Army officers Oscar Pacello Aguirre, Remberto Siles, Julio César Maldonado Leoni and Teobaldo Cardozo.

Click each file name to listen to the audio (Spanish).

Audio 1: This recording illustrates the commitment of U.S. senators Marco Rubio, Bob Menéndez and Ted Cruz to the coup plan in Bolivia.

Audio 2: A member of the Bolivian opposition and alleged former military man calls for an armed uprising.

Audio 3: A member of the Bolivian opposition (still to be identified) proposes to point out the houses of supporters of the president's political party, to instill fear in the population and influence them later to support the coup.

Audio 4: A member of the Bolivian opposition (still to be identified), raises the strategy to be followed by the Bolivian opposition, to establish a premise that invalidates the October 20 elections, generates a military-civil uprising and creates a national strike. In addition, he comments that there are active members of the National Armed Forces and the police that would support these actions.

Audio 5: A conversation between members of the Bolivian opposition that shows the participation of Manfred Reyes Villa, another member of the U.S.-based opposition, who has plans for a coup d'état. The support that the opposition is obtaining from the Evangelical Church and the Brazilian government is mentioned. The reference to an alleged confidante of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who also advises a Bolivian presidential candidate who has not yet been identified, stands out.

Audio 6: This recording shows the participation of Manfred Reyes Villa, an opposition member with coup plans. The voices of Bolivian political activist Mauricio Muñoz and Reyes can be heard on the recording.

Audio 7: A former Bolivian colonel confirms the coup plans against President Evo Morales, and expresses his concern about the participation of civic committee leaders in the opposition-related army.

Audio 8: Former Bolivian colonel Julio César Maldonado Leoni, president of the National Military Committee, gives orders to implement all kinds of actions against the Cuban Embassy and its diplomats, to instill fear and hatred towards Cubans so that they leave the country.

Audio 9: This recording is related to a meeting between former Bolivian military members held in the city of Cochabamba. Former Colonel Julio César Maldonado Leoni, president of the National Military Committee, refers to the creation of a political-military power.

Audio 10: Former Bolivian colonel Teobaldo Cardoso says that everything is ready and that they are a large group of old and active military members ready to wage war.

Audio 11: This recording illustrates the commitment of the politician and opposition member Manfred Reyes Villa to plans to overthrow the president. The voice of Reyes is heard in a conversation with political activist and opposition member Miriam Pereira and journalists Carlos and Chanet Blacut.

Audio 12: On this recording is heard the voice of former army general Remberto Siles, who refers to the existence of a grand plan against the Bolivian government.

Audio 13: Strategy and actions of the La Paz Civic Committee, in the context of the National Strike on August 21. You can hear the voice of its president, politician Jaime Antonio Alarcón Daza.

Audio 14: This recording contains the voice of former colonel Oscar Pacello Aguirre, representative of the National Military Coordinator. He mentions a secret plan against the government of President Evo Morales and the actions planned for October 10.

Audio 15: Private meeting between the opposition supporters Jaime Antonio Alarcón Daza, Iván Arias and other members of the civic committees, in which the agreement was reached to obtain rapid voting equipment for the next presidential elections, to use them to manipulate public opinion on the electoral results and declare fraud. There is a reference from the Jubilee Foundation, the European Union, the United States Embassy and the Evangelical Church.

Audio 16: The political activist Miriam Pereira links the opposition member and U.S. resident Carlos Sánchez Berzain with the plan to overthrow President Morales. She comments that Sánchez wants to incite a civil war in Bolivia and that they have a half-million dollars in financing.

(November 17, 2019. With files from teleSUR and elperiodicocr.com)


This article was published in

Volume 49 Number 27 - November 16, 2019

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