The assassination earlier this month of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is raising new questions about the threat posed by international mercenaries. It also casts a new light on a story The Intercept published last month that revealed the existence of a 2020 coup plot against the newly elected president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, successor to the country’s long-serving leftist President Evo Morales. As in Haiti, the plot would have seen foreign mercenaries deployed against an elected leader. Ryan Grim and Laurence Blair, who worked together on that story, look back on their reporting.
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This content originally appeared on The Intercept and was authored by Deconstructed.
Deconstructed | Radio Free (2021-07-23T10:00:33+00:00) The Coup That Wasn’t. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2021/07/23/the-coup-that-wasnt-2/
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