there are times when the stupidity and arrogance of the empire is beyond measure and this short piece highlights one of those;

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has demanded La Paz release a group of former Bolivian government officials, including ex-President Jeanine Anez, detained on sedition charges as he calls their arrests “anti-democratic.”

“The Bolivian government should release detained former officials,” Blinken said in a Twitter post on Saturday, demanding an “independent and transparent inquiry” into the human rights and due process issues related to the former interim president’s case.

The US secretary of state also noted that Washington is “deeply concerned” by what he called “growing signs of anti-democratic behavior” and politicization of the legal system in the Latin American country.

The right-wing politician, who ruled Bolivia as interim president for a year, and several of her associates were detained earlier in March. They were charged with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy over their coming to power in November 2019. Anez's arrest sparked demonstrations in her support in some Bolivian cities..........read more......