[rad-green] Bernie Sanders Becomes First 2020 Democratic Presidential Contender to Criticize Bolivian Coup

*https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/calling-end-violence-bernie-sanders-becomes-first-2020-democratic-presidential
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/calling-end-violence-bernie-sanders-becomes-first-2020-democratic-presidential>Common
Dreams                         November 11, 2019Calling for an 'End to
Violence,' Bernie Sanders Becomes First 2020 Democratic Presidential
Contender to Criticize Bolivian Coup"I am very concerned about what appears
to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political
unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales."by Eoin Higgins, staff
writer*

[image: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
speaks to the media after the second night of the first Democratic
presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami.]

*Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks to
the media after the second night of the first Democratic presidential
debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami. (Photo: Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images)*

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday became the first 2020 Democratic presidential
candidate to speak out against Sunday's military coup in Bolivia which saw
that country's President Evo Morales forced to resign before going into
hiding.

"I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the
military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President
Evo Morales," Sanders tweeted. "The U.S. must call for an end to violence
and support Bolivia's democratic institutions."

The Vermont senator's comments came after a day of mounting pressure
<https://twitter.com/LukewSavage/status/1193961421966598150> to speak out
from his left-wing grassroots movement. Earlier Monday, as *Common
Dreams* reported, Sanders
supporter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) condemned
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/ocasio-cortez-joins-chorus-critics-condemning-coup-bolivia-forced-out-socialist>
the
coup in no uncertain terms.

"The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful elections," said
Ocasio-Cortez, "not violent seizures of power."

Sanders' expression of support for Morales was welcomed by supporters.

"By far the biggest difference between Bernie and the rest of the
Democratic candidates is how well versed he is in and how much he cares
about the type of international left issues that, say, *The Nation* writes
a lot about," said
<https://twitter.com/MattZeitlin/status/1194004053367414785> reporter
Matthew Zeitlin.

Earlier Monday, Sanders released
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/bernie-sanders-vows-to-strengthen-services-for-u-s-veterans-if-elected-president-idUSKBN1XL1CK>
a
new plan to help veterans; held
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciuaThXBH-o> a town hall with veterans in
Des Moines, Iowa; and published
<https://jewishcurrents.org/how-to-fight-antisemitism/> at *Jewish Currents* an
essay on combatting anti-Semitism.

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