Víctor Paz Estenssoro person
also: P-A-Z, Paz, Victor Paz Estesoro, the president
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Claims (4)
1964 Bolivian coup d'état overthrew
Víctor Paz Estenssoro host_asserted
“At some point, it would be a good idea to go back and do some deep dives, but we need to establish patterns first. So this story begins, obviously, in 1964. There's a guy by the name of Victor Paz Estesoro who was given a choice when he was…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 9:26
United States targeted_for_regime_change
Víctor Paz Estenssoro book_quoted
“or facing a severe cut in U.S. aid, because, of course, we know that they're going to bully people. And the U.S. or the New York Times wrote an article that basically said that, quote, it was a case of conforming or of facing a severe cut i…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 15:35
Víctor Paz Estenssoro appointed
René Barrientos Ortuño host_asserted
“Ten days later, after the mysterious incident, the president dumped Fortune, replaced him with Bariantos, and went on to his re-election. Bariantos himself later conceded that without the silver bullet, or magic bullet as others dubbed it, …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 35:04
René Barrientos Ortuño targeted_for_regime_change
Víctor Paz Estenssoro host_asserted
“reproaching the president and the MNR, particularly when they criticized the military or by throwing his support to anti-government groups. These tactics served to show up the president's weakness and succeeded in rallying Barrientos aside …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975 @ 36:46
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▶ 9:26
At some point, it would be a good idea to go back and do some deep dives, but we need to establish patterns first. So this story begins, obviously, in 1964. There's a guy by the name of Victor Paz Estesoro who was given a choice when he was…
▶ 9:55
either to the cemetery or to the airport. And he opted to fly to Lima and go into exile. The man who led the coup, and at least he got an offer because in many cases, you know, like when we reviewed Allende in, I guess they gave him a choic…
▶ 11:20
peace and stability and were hallmarks of democracies where this place had been a pit of hell for a very long time. And Paz was unseated despite support from the American ambassador, who at the time was Douglas Henderson, because both the C…
▶ 13:55
between Fox and Paz. That was something they disagreed on. Paz had been directly opposed to American policy and voted against Cuba's being exposed, their expulsion from the Organization of American States in 1962.…
▶ 15:09
No, no. It's just always this way. When Bolivian and American relationships were just short, this is the quote from the author, just short of an open quarrel. Paz finally broke with the U.S. and it was a case of conforming.…
▶ 16:31
Regarding POS and whether or not he should remain in office, because, you know, they just assume that's our call, even though that's a foreign government. Both were uncomfortable with both the political and economic power that was.…
▶ 18:46
their paramilitary Gladio slash embassy people on the line and start cracking some whips. So the minister of mines under Paz was a guy by the name of Rene Zabaleto Mercado. And he later wrote, quote, for over a year and a half, the American…
▶ 19:41
Hawes recognized the challenge to his own rule posed by the miners and lectern, but the likely political damage ensuing from an armed intervention was more than he was willing to risk. The very existence of an army to send in owed more than…
▶ 23:04
It proved to be a fatal error for the MNR movement and their fledgling democratic institutions. Now understand that this is true democracy. This is a true people's movement. So you know immediately based on all that we've uncovered in Opera…
▶ 29:59
Paz, because Paz has decided he's not going to interfere with the mine strike and he's, you know, he's opening communications with other people. So, you know, that's dead man walking for the CIA. And so what the author points out is there w…
▶ 30:27
that the role played by the CIA and the Pentagon in obtaining that office for Bariatos was important. So you have the MNR's convention in January 1964. Paz sidestepped Bariatos, who had made his candidacy known and chose a civilian by the n…
▶ 30:53
Fortune, F-O-R-T-U-N, to be his running mate. Barrientos proved to be a bad loser. He declared publicly that the nomination was a mistake and continued politicking, finally compelling the president to ask for his resignation as chief of the…
▶ 32:42
a periodical called El Dario, an influential, strongly anti-pa's newspaper. And according to later testimony of a member of Barrianto's new cabinet, some of the newspaper staff actually was paid for by the CIA. Shocker. Moreover, this newsp…
▶ 34:33
This came from a historian in Bolivia. Hinted publicly that Paz's police had been responsible for the alleged attack. Strong pressures from other high officers as well was exerted upon Paz to vindicate both himself and Barriantos by belated…
▶ 35:04
Ten days later, after the mysterious incident, the president dumped Fortune, replaced him with Bariantos, and went on to his re-election. Bariantos himself later conceded that without the silver bullet, or magic bullet as others dubbed it, …
▶ 36:46
reproaching the president and the MNR, particularly when they criticized the military or by throwing his support to anti-government groups. These tactics served to show up the president's weakness and succeeded in rallying Barrientos aside …
▶ 37:31
Now, keep in mind that all of these same people that were trained at schools of America would have been trained on bomb making because that's part of the curriculum. Paz had been reelected because of the opposition claiming, amongst other t…
▶ 38:28
lending his weight to the dissident elements, attacking the beleaguered president and taking himself on as the role of the defender of order. So he's basically trying to flip the script from he's acting more like the president and treating …
▶ 1:01:07
Ovando, who had walked the corridors of the Bolivian power structure for many years, it was him who actually presented Paz with the choice of going to the cemetery or the airport. How ironic. He was no stranger to the CIA intrigue in his co…