Bolivarian News Networks Spreading Anti-Christian Disinformation in Defense of Evo Morales

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I’m glad they recently published the article These are the anti-indigenous tweets that Bolivia’s interim president deleted as it means I don’t have to write about the numerous fake tweets being circulated related to the return of democracy to Bolivia.

The writings of Fausto Reinaga has found a large audience in MAS, Evo Morales party, and is important to understanding their political policies over the past ten years.

If I had more time and energy – I’d translate Indianismo, política y religión en Bolivia (2006-2016) as it’s an incredibly insightful article. Or I’d write something on how Evo Morales’ world view relates to the writings of Fausto Reinaga and that this, combined with the views of Álvaro García Linera, Marxist intellectual and Bolivian vice-president, made for policies which no longer cared about democracy.

Alas, I don’t. So instead, I will just cover who’s sharing it…

Eva Golinger: Chavista “Media Personality”, not a Journalist

Interesting to note how despite this “media personality” being informed that the information the promoted is factually incorrect, they still leave it up.

One of the persons cited in the above AFP article, which even including a screenshot of their original Tweet, is Eva Golinger.

Eva Golinger used to work as legal council for Hugo Chavez, so given this former principal – and that she doesn’t claim to be a journalist – it’s perhaps not surprising that she shows no principle related to truth-telling and does not take the two seconds required to correct their claim after others have pointed it out. According to other’s which have investigated her writings with greater depth then myself, this isn’t the first time that Eva Golinger has promoted a gross misrepresentation of reality.

George Ciccariello-Maher: Chavista Activist with Academic Characteristics

Then there’s George Ciccariello-Maher. This is the “Political Science” Professor (I put this in quotations as after readings his PhD dissertation this doesn’t seem an appropriate title. Comparative Literature, maybe…) who once made news headlines following Russian sock puppets extensively re-tweeting his trolling Chavista messages and the left Twitter after Left-Twitter started harassing him for dating someone much younger than him.

After leaving his position for reasons that have never been clarified, he then got a titular role at one of NYU’s art school and UNAM – the Mexican University whose political science department isn’t credentialed with the state and has longstanding connections with the FARC.

He too posts disinformation and then leaves it up after followers point out it’s falsity.

TeleSUR English: Disinformation, not Journalism

Given the long time love affair between Hugo Chavez and Nicholas Maduro and their PSUV with Evo Morales and his MAS, unsurprisingly TeleSUR English too got in on the action. An authentic screen shot of TeleSUR’s inauthentic reporting can be viewed here.

Jacobin, Democratic Socialists of America and Disinformation

Jacobin, the Democratic Socialists of America, and a “Leftist activist” all sharing the same incorrect information.

I’ve noticed that Jacobin’s editorial line has become significantly more alinged with that with Venezuela as Bhaskar Sunkara started to expand the organization. Branko Marcetic’s article “Why Did Facebook Purge TeleSUR English“, which is passed off as insightful editorial commentary when it is just uninformed braingarbage remixed from RT and Sputnik talking points, was the first indicator for me.

Regardless of their past – here we can see that Jacobin and the Democratic Socialists of America, along with accounts connected to Venezuela’s large coordinated, inauthentic behavior network are all sharing this as well.

Conclusion

So, en toto, who’s spreading anti-Christian disinformation?

Socialists and Bolivarians.