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Bolivia: President Arce says attempted coup underway – DW – 06/26/2024
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https://www.dw.com/en/bolivia-president-arce-warns-of-irregular-military-action/a-69486191
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Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday warned of a coup attempt orchestrated by part of the country’s military in La Paz.
Bolivian public television soon after showed an army tank ramming through the doors to the presidential residence the Palacio Quemado on the same square, shortly before 4 p.m. local time (2000 GMT/UTC), as soldiers entered the building.
Bolivian television later showed Arce confronting the general commander of the Army, Juan Jose Zuniga, in the palace hallway.
Zuniga, for his part, said in televised comments that he expected the government to change and that he also intended to release “political prisoners,” including the former interim president, Jeanine Anez.
Chile’s President Gabriel Boric also expressed “concern about the situation in Bolivia” and “our support for democracy in our brother country and for the legitimate government.”
“The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Bolivia and calls for calm,” a spokesperson for the US National Security Council said in a statement.
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