Rubio’s comments came amidst over three weeks of protest in Bolivia by Indigenous groups, peasants, and workers.

In the midst of a wave of mass protests in Bolivia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that the United States “stands squarely in support of Bolivia’s legitimate constitutional government,” smearing the protesters as “criminals and drug traffickers” who he would not allow to “overthrow democratically elected leaders in our hemisphere.” Rubio’s comments on Bolivia came after three weeks…

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