(26 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
La Paz – 26 June 2024
1. Supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce outside the presidential palace, setting off flares and waving Bolivian flags
STORYLINE:
An apparent failed coup attempt erupted Wednesday in Bolivia, where armoured vehicles rammed into the doors of the government palace and President Luis Arce said the country stood firm against attacks on democracy.
Arce confronted the general commander of the army — Juan José Zúñiga, who appeared to be leading the rebellion — in the palace hallway, saying, “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination.”
Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform outside the building, but troops and armoured vehicles later began to pull back. Supporters of Arce flooded into the plaza outside soon afterward, waving Bolivian flags.
Arce said the day has been “atypical in the life of country that wants democracy.” He decried what he called “an attempted coup by troops who are staining the uniform, who are attacking our constitution.”
Arce also replaced the heads of the armed forces.
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