I did a quick googling, couldn't find anything that said Trump was connected to a coup in Bolivia

Literally the first link dude

What the OAS Did to Bolivia - Center for Economic and Policy Research

Always good to ask for a source.

From reading your article, seems like your beef is more towards the OAS than the US. Unless you believe the OAS is controlled by the US? There is debate whether OAS claim of vote rigging was accurate or not. Your author (the left-wing CEPR guy) says it was not accurate and led to the coup. We also have the EU supporting the OAS claim.

From wiki ...

Organization of American States - Wikipedia

Bye, bye Macron? He's in third place.

He is not up for election until 2027. This means he is going to have a Prime Minster of the opposing party, and they are going to try to do everything they can to cut him off at the knees. The likely new Prime Minister is a 28 year old nut job. The guy swears he will not accept a coalition government, which means if his party doesn't win a 50% majority, then Macron could still form a government with his party and the far left party. They did not win 50% today, and there is still a good chance they won't.

Sunak is next up today.

No idea who to root for but suspect US-UK relationship will stay relatively strong. Good luck to our BFF.

And also for Iran on Fri ...

I thought the article below was well written. The "reformer" vs "hardliner" with the reformer likely to win. But it's all relative so on a scale of 1-10 where 10 is very hardline extremist, we're talking about reformer (7) vs hardliner (9).

Iran election: Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff. What will it mean for the world? | CNN

Looks like he's out by a landslide.

The UK elections seem to quick for me but it sure beats 1+ year of campaigning.

Conservatives look to hold the least number of seats they have ever held since 1832. That's a spanking for sure.

Imagine if we could do that to the Republican party here:


UK general election: Labour obliterate Tories with historic election win — exit poll – POLITICO

Don't get too optimistic. The Tories are going to move towards Farage and the Reform folks. The battle isn't won yet.

It's a landslide. Our new Prime Minister shaking hands with Elmo:



It's a landslide, a Tory massacre. You love to see it.

I'm watching the speech now! Sherwood Forest is real! And they voted Labour Party!

oh poor Green party. No one likes you

I don't really understand british politics. Looks fascinating.
Can someone explain it to me?

i just noticed this picture lol. This is like the silly party from monty python

In a sign of how bad this election went for the Conservatives, Dorking, which has been a Conservative/Tory seat since the late Victorian period (1885), flipped to the Lib Dems

412 seats and less than 34% of the vote.

Crazy.

It is a strange system. It looks the Reform party is what killed the Tories.

So was that coup in Bolivia fake?

Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims | AP News

You could see where that could make some sense. Stage a coup to make yourself look the hero and turn down the heat. But considering that the accusations are coming from the jailed general who lead the coup, it could be as much an attempt to save himself.

FWIW.

Maybe there's hope for some thawing. But assume it'll be a long road ... and longer with Trump in office.

Exit polls in France have the left winning, Macron in second, and the far-right in third. In general, it looks like Macron's gamble paid off.

whew

It's the same old story, just with some drama. :)

It is going to be interesting how a government is going to be formed. The far-left party seems to be holding the same line as the far-right, that they won't accept a coalition government. Macron's party is hoping to form something with the Greens and coble together some kind of working coalition. The problem is the far-left joining the far-right on "lack of confidence" votes and keeping the government in constant flux.

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Good luck Venezuelans. Kick that guy out

(I know, the army has a big say)

Maduro holds the power, so he will probably win this out.

It cracks me up seeing all these right wing ghouls talking about Venezuela as if their guy didn’t literally try this four years ago and wouldn't try it again.

Good news. This is like the height of the Cold War level prisoner trade.

Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a major multi-country prisoner swap https://t.co/cqHbRYS0U9

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) August 1, 2024

My God that's going to piss off Trump.

He is going to say Biden gave up too much to get him, and then in the next breath claim credit for it.

Trump will 100% claim credit for it and his base will of course eat it up. What this signals to me is Putin doesn't think Trump is as strong as he used to be, otherwise why not just wait a few months and give Trump the win.

Yeah he will say some bullshit that Putin could see that trump was going to win and was scared about what he might do if he didn't return the prisoners immediately, conveniently forgetting that Whelan was there during his entire presidency and the "best diplomat ever" couldn't bring him home.



Whatever-it doesn't matter what he says, all that matters is that some Americans are coming home at last

That is moxy...

https://x.com/VeraMBergen/status/181...-x-o2eMfQ&s=19

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Trump claims we gave up too much as Vance claims that they were released because of Trump. Two for two.

The US has recognized the opposition leader as winner in the Venezuela election, while Maduro has mobilized mercenaries from the Wagner Group to crack down on dissenters.

funny the venezuelan news reported that trump has mobilized merceneries to crack down on dissenters

I hope this is the beginning of the end for Maduro.

Unfortunately, could just as easily be the end of the beginning.

Com’on some patriotic Venezulean general, do the right thing

We were at a cooking class in Thailand on 11/8/2016. We were waiting on the election results at the time. At the class was a Venezuelan couple on their honeymoon who told us how ridiculous Maduro was and how they couldn't believe the same populist shit was maybe happening in the US.

The fact we are both dealing with the same problems 8 years later is insane

Also, there was an older couple at the class who's daughter was high up in the Hillary campaign. They didn't seem against Trump winning...

It shows the power of disinformation and how the internet spreads hate a violence. It is sad a terrible tragedy is causing even more terrible damage to that whole nation.

Yikes.

Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna cancelled over alleged planned terrorist attack - CNN https://t.co/oQCzX3szFN

— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) August 7, 2024

That would have made a statement. Glad it was avoided but lots of soft targets all over the world

I guess Maduro is winning this one ...

reuters.com