Rob Smith, CPA

▪️ Ed.D. Candidate & CPA
▪️ Capacity-Building Consultant
▪️ Executing higher-ed linguistic frameworks in Bolivia 🇧🇴

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@WHAAsstSecty @SecRubio @MinPerezMac Pax Silica not Paz

[Aníbal Garzón 🌎 @AnibalGarzon]

Viví 3 años en Bolivia con Evo Morales y nunca ví lo que esta haciendo Rodrigo Paz en solo unos meses como Presidente, represión contra el pueblo que recuerda a los años duros de la Operación Condor bajo las dictaduras de los 70.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@TheEconomist “Centrist” Rodrigo Paz lied to the working class to get elected, brought back the DEA, and is currently using unmarked vans to abduct indigenous leaders who oppose his lithium deals. This isn't democracy, it's neocolonial resource extraction protected by military force.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

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[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@crotopix @EdwardTWinz You all have my support from Bolivia. This country is also in a fight. My favorite Colombian barrio is Santa Elena just outside of Medellin. Beautiful people and country. Be safe and good luck in your elections!

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@crotopix @EdwardTWinz I get it and I appreciate your enthusiasm. My comment was directed at the 🤡 spreading disinformation. Viva Colombia! 🇨🇴

[Valy 🎩🎭 @liderfiscal]

El gobierno Boliviano del agente de la CIA, Rodrigo Paz ha iniciado una brutal reprensión a su pueblo, el ejército está disparando a mansalva, por favor difundir que este delito no quede en la obscuridad, que el algoritmo no lo oculte #RTMasivo

Todo el apoyo y nuestra solidaridad al hermano pueblo Boliviano
#FuerzaBolivia
##RodrigoPazRenunciaYa 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

Just one week apart in Plaza Murillo.

The first photo is seven days prior to the unrest: peaceful, routine ceremonies.

The second is seven days later.

When government guts the survival of millions overnight, the same streets turn into a warzone. 🇧🇴 #Bolivia #LaPaz #GasWarII

[Cancillería de Bolivia 🇧🇴 @MRE_Bolivia]

Bolivia se construye desde el respeto, la diversidad y la igualdad.
Porque ninguna diferencia debe ser motivo de odio, exclusión o discriminación. 🇧🇴

#DíaContraElRacismo #NoALaDiscriminación #SiempreBolivia

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@drogon_dracarys You’re about six months too late. The right shift failed. Hence the reason for the current blockades and protests.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

I’ve seen with my own eyes in La Paz. These aren’t “narcos” or “vandals,” they are ordinary workers & local syndicates marching peacefully. Their lives were upended overnight by economic cuts. Watching wealthy elites harass them from the sidelines is shameful. 🇧🇴 #Bolivia

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

The West calls it a “narco-coup,” but this is Gas War II. 🇧🇴 Fuel cuts brought 20% inflation & junk fuel. Indigenous Aymara, miners & vendors aren't terrorists, they just refuse the Trail of Tears. It’s not subversion; it's resource sovereignty. #GasWarII #Bolivia

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio This is Gas War II, and Washington needs to look at the ground truth before backing an unmitigated disaster.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio Respectfully, Mr. Secretary, I'm an American academic currently living and teaching on the ground here in El Alto. Washington is getting the script on Bolivia completely wrong. Labeling this widespread civil uprising as a coup by "criminals and drug traffickers" is a dangerous👇🏽

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio If the U.S. and the "Escudo de las Américas" blindly back an isolated administration using military force to suppress an indigenous economic grievance, it will not pacify the country. It will trigger a complete constitutional collapse.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio The Senate's sudden move to abrogate Ley 1341 to grant Paz the power to declare a State of Exception without legislative approval is paving the way for full martial law over a starving population.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio are actively abandoning the press to navigate dynamite traps on the highways alone.

The Flight of Elites: Local media has already confirmed the presidential inner circle is clearing liabilities, with family members quietly being sent on flights to Spain.

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio the government's armed "humanitarian convoys," completely exposing the palace's PR shield.

Cabinet Defections: High-ranking security officials resigned weeks ago citing a total collapse in the chain of command, and government ministers are…

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio overnight. They are striking for literal survival. The institutional rot inside the Paz administration is terminal, and it has nothing to do with external cartels:

The Red Cross Expose: The Bolivian Red Cross publicly issued an emergency statement refusing to participate in…

[Rob Smith, CPA @RobSmithEdD]

@SecRubio of the population relies on the informal economy—and replacing it with expensive, un-useable "junk gasoline"—instantly sparked 20% inflation. The people on the highways are indigenous farmers, public school teachers, and street vendors whose profit margins were completely erased