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Judi Lynn

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3. Analysis: was Bolivia's failed military coup, really a coup?
Fri Jun 28, 2024, 11:16 PM
Jun 2024

An estranged army general led troops into Bolivia’s presidential palace. Why is President Arce accused of orchestrating it?

Alex Blair
June 28, 2024

An attempted military “coup” in Bolivia has been entirely thwarted following the arrest of its architect, General Juan José Zúñiga, according to President Luis Arce and Bolivia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Zúñiga, who Arce had recently stripped of his military titles, led approximately 200 soldiers to march on the presidential palace and Congress in La Paz, Bolivia’s capital on Wednesday 26 June 2024.

Half a dozen tanks and other military vehicles were used, national outlet El Diario reported. One armoured vehicle reportedly rammed into the main door of the presidential palace.




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