The European Union’s role in Bolivia’s 2019 coup

Abstract

The European Union played a determinant role in Bolivia’s November 2019 Coup. This role became clear from a series of actions taken by its representative, León de la Torre, prior to the October 20th elections as well as in the destabilization process, as part of the commission, that made the clearly unconstitutional presidential succession possible. Once the coup had been consolidated, this international delegation gave wide-ranging political and economic support to the de facto government, despite technical studies calling the OAS and U.S. government’s assertions of fraud, gross human rights violations, identified by international monitors, and violations of basic principles of international law.