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Bolivian President Luis Arce on assassination plot against him, 2019 US-backed coup, rejection of IMF (E1072)

On this episode, we speak to the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce. He discusses the position of developing Global South countries at COP26 against ‘green capitalism’ in the fight against climate change, the centrality of Bolivia’s lithium reserves in the US-backed coup by Jeanine Anez and the UK’s role in supporting it, the assassination plot by the same mercenary group that killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, socialist policies implemented at home to alleviate hunger in a rejection of the IMF’s economic model, and much more.

Bolivian President Luis Arce on assassination plot against him, 2019 US-backed coup, rejection of IMF (E1072)
Twice a week, award-winning journalist Afshin Rattansi and his team go underground to cover geopolitics and current affairs from a perspective you won’t find in the mainstream media, with some of the most high-profile guests.