Bolivia: A Coup of the Future

What the mainstream media’s attitudes towards coup d’etats in the past tells us about the present.

As Evo Morales has been removed from power as per the request of the violent right-wing opposition and the military, many people have, rightfully so, taken to calling the events that have unfolded in recent weeks, a coup. This should, generally speaking, be an undisputed idea, but the coverage of the crisis has allowed for the view that Morales’ ‘resignation’ was purely a result of cries for democracy.