The country’s president, Luis Arce, warned earlier in the day that a coup d’état was underway, AP reports. According to the president, there have been “irregular” placements of troops in the capital, La Paz. Tanks are said to have also attacked government buildings. The president confronts the military commander on live television and orders the soldiers to leave the area. At the same time, he calls for a mobilization against the “coup d’état”. On X, Luis Arce writes that “democracy needs to be respected”. Soldiers and combat vehicles are said to have gathered at several government buildings in the capital. General takes responsibility for the coup General Juan Jose Zuniga states to local media that he is behind the coup attempt together with two other military commanders. He was fired on Tuesday after he announced that he was not going to allow a new government to take office. – There will be a new cabinet of ministers, surely things will change. But our country cannot continue like this any longer, says the general. Former president Evo Morales condemns the military’s actions in a post on X, calling it a coup “in progress”. In recent months, the country, which has a population of twelve million people, has had increasingly intense protests against the economic development in the country.
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