Coup bid by rebellious army general Juan Jose Zuniga fails as Bolivian President Luis Arce mobilises supporters against 'threat to democracy' in the Andean nation.
Coup bid by rebellious army general Juan Jose Zuniga fails as Bolivian President Luis Arce mobilises supporters against "threat to democracy" in the Andean nation.Bolivian President Luis Arce waves a Bolivian flag at the balcony of the Government Palace in La Paz on June 26, 2024. / Photo: AFP
The soldiers later pulled back as supporters of Arce waved Bolivian flags and cheered in a central square. President Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down. Arce confronted the general commander of the army — Juan Jose Zuniga, who appeared to be leading the rebellion — in the palace hallway, as shown on video on Bolivian television.
Former president Evo Morales, in a message on X, denounced the movement of the military in the Murillo square outside the palace, calling it a coup"in the making."
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