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Drawing by Nathaniel St. ClairOn July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? The U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.” Musk then : “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”Musk refers here to the coup against President Evo Morales Ayma, who was removed illegally from his office in November 2019. Morales had just won an election for a term that was...…Drawing by Nathaniel St. ClairOn July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? The U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.” Musk then : “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”Musk refers here to the coup against President Evo Morales Ayma, who was removed illegally from his office in November 2019. Morales had just won an election for a term that was...WW…
Photo by Juan Cristobal Zulueta |On September 20, Hurricane Maria swept through the United States territory of Puerto Rico and devastated the island (“”). The death toll is not yet confirmed. It is hard to know what is happening since the roads in the interior of the island remain impassable and communications networks are down.Three weeks after Hurricane Maria left the island, the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans remain in the dark. It is estimated that 85 per cent of the population will not get power for at least six months and that 40 per cent of the islanders will not have access to drinking...…Photo by Juan Cristobal Zulueta |On September 20, Hurricane Maria swept through the United States territory of Puerto Rico and devastated the island (“”). The death toll is not yet confirmed. It is hard to know what is happening since the roads in the interior of the island remain impassable and communications networks are down.Three weeks after Hurricane Maria left the island, the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans remain in the dark. It is estimated that 85 per cent of the population will not get power for at least six months and that 40 per cent of the islanders will not have access to drinking...WW…
