Defend Democracy in Bolivia
Defend Democracy in Bolivia was an October 2020 letter circulated by Friends of Bolivia.
MPs and Lords from the Labour Party, SNP and Sinn Fein, as well as nine trade union leaders and solidarity activists across the UK, sign a letter in support of Bolivian democracy ahead of this weekend's election.
Despite all of this, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) is ahead in the polls ahead of the presidential election due to be held on October 18th, after numerous delays.
There are fears that these elections will not be free or fair and that right-wing, anti-democratic forces will once again seek to deny Bolivians their wish to build a progressive and democratic country.
We, the undersigned, therefore express our support for all those struggling for democracy, human rights, equality and social progress in Bolivia.
Signed,
- Apsana Begum MP, Labour Party
- Richard Burgon MP, Labour Party
- Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour Party
- Diane Abbott MP, Labour Party
- Ian Lavery MP, Labour Party
- John McDonnell MP, Labour Party
- Ian Mearns MP, Labour Party
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Labour Party
- Jon Trickett MP, Labour Party
- Claudia Webbe MP, Labour Party
- Beth Winter MP, Labour Party
- Zarah Sultana MP, Labour Party
- Kenny MacAskill MP, Scottish National Party
- Chris Hazzard MP, group leader on behalf of Sinn Fiin Westminster MPs
- Christine Blower, Labour Party member of the House of Lords
- John Hendy QC, Labour Party member of the House of Lords
- Shami Chakrabarti, Labour Party member of the House of Lords
- Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary, Unite the Union
- Gail Cartmail, President, TUC
- Mick Cash, General Secretary, RMT
- Manuel Cortes, General Secretary, TSSA
- Chris Kitchen, General Secretary, NUM
- Paddy Lillis, General Secretary, USDAW
- Doug Nicholls, General Secretary, GFTU
- Gabriel Rodriguez, ITWF
- Ian Waddell, General Secretary, CSEU
- Ronan Burtenshaw, editor, Tribune
- Marcus Barnett, associate editor, Tribune
- Ben Chacko, editor, The Morning Star
- John Pilger, journalist and filmmaker
- Yasmine Dar, Labour Party NEC
- Rachel Garnham, Labour Party NEC
- Ann Henderson, Labour Party NEC
- Colin Burgon, Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America
- Tim Young, Friends of Bolivia[1]