Bolivians were asking for government change

Whether the ousting of Morales was a coup or not, it is still valid. Morales' regime faced lots of criticism from Bolivian citizens, not only from the right-wing groups that were highlighted in the media. The right-wing elites make up a large part of Bolivian society and disapproved of the socialist leader. However, even the people Morales claimed to support, such as farmers and indigenous Bolivians, largely disliked the president. ^[1] Morales, in attempts to make both sides content, ended up making both dissatisfied. The indigenous and low-class Bolivians were given state land with profitable agricultural potential in order to help solve the poverty rampant in these groups. Morales sought to appease the rich elite of the country by allowing increased utilization of the country's natural resources to bolster the upper-class economy.^[2] However, neither group was happy with these solutions. Indigenous and peasant groups were outraged at the state allowing resource extraction (primarily natural gas deposits) on their land without permission (the necessity of this permission is even written into the Bolivian constitution). Upper-class elites were upset at the distribution of land they perceived as belonging to them (and critical to their economic success) to the poor. Groups of Bolivians on both sides of the political and economic spectrum were angry at Morales' policies. In addition, he violated the constitution by running for a fourth term even after a popular vote deemed he should not be able to. A wide array of Bolivians desired a new regime, and it is a democratic right for citizens to achieve governmental changes if they so please.

[P1] Democracy puts the power in the hands of the people. [P2] The people wanted Morales out. [P3] Therefore, Morales should have been forced to leave the presidential position.