Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on the evening of June 26 and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a coup attempt against the government and called for international support.
Bolivia’s president called on the nation to mobilise against the attempted coup Bolivia’s armed forces were forced to withdraw from the Presidential Palace after failing a coup. Armoured vehicles repeatedly rammed into the doors of the government palace in the capital of La Paz on Wednesday in an apparent attempt to topple the left-wing and democratically elected president Luis Arce.
’ Military police take over Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Within hours, the nation of 12 million people saw a rapidly moving scenario in which the troops seemed to take control of the government. The Bolivian president vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander, who immediately ordered the rebels to stand down.
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