Video on Bolivian television showed Arce confronting the general commander of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, in the palace hallway.
An apparent coup attempt in Bolivia has failed and rogue commanders who laid siege to the government palace fled.
Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as a top government official warned of an attempted coup Arce, surrounded by ministers, waved at the throngs of supporters who sung the national anthem. 'Thank you to the Bolivian people,' he said. 'Let democracy live on.'
Wednesday's rebellion followed months of tensions, with economic hardship and protests growing ever stronger as two political titans — Arce and his one-time ally, leftist former President Evo Morales — battled for control of the ruling party.A soldier in a gas mask drives an armored vehicle towards the door of the presidential palace
A woman walks away from tear gas fired by military troops outside the Quemado Palace during the attempted coup Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform in front of the government palace. He appeared on state television on Monday and threatened to arrest Morales if he insisted on running for office again, despite being disqualified from doing so.
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