Novara Media on Instagram: "“The United States is watching.” That was the ominous message from US war secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday about a worker-led uprising against Bolivia’s rightwing government. Hegseth sought to characterise the protests as a coup attempt and has suggested, without evidence, that demonstrators are supported by “narco-terrorists”. “Bolivia must not allow itself to fall prey to the old status quo of narco-terrorist dominance in the region,” he wrote on X. But what’s actually behind the recent uprising? Here’s how what started as a protest against a single law became a mass movement aimed at replacing a neoliberal, US-backed government."

123 likes, 1 comments - novaramedia on June 5, 2026: "“The United States is watching.” That was the ominous message from US war secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday about a worker-led uprising against Bolivia’s rightwing government. Hegseth sought to characterise the protests as a coup attempt and has suggested, without evidence, that demonstrators are supported by “narco-terrorists”. “Bolivia must not allow itself to fall prey to the old status quo of narco-terrorist dominance in the region,” he wrote on X. But what’s actually behind the recent uprising? Here’s how what started as a protest against a single law became a mass movement aimed at replacing a neoliberal, US-backed government.".