Forces led by army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga apparently attempted to take control of the government of President Luis Arce.
A senior Bolivian general has been arrested after armoured vehicles rammed the doors of the government palace in what the president called a coup attempt.
“What was this group’s goal? The goal was to overturn the democratically elected authority,” Mr del Castillo told journalists in announcing the arrests. The clashes have paralysed the government’s efforts to deal with the economic crisis. Mr Morales’s allies in Congress have consistently thwarted Mr Arce’s attempts to take on debt to relieve some of the pressure.
In a twist, Zuniga claimed in comments to journalists before his arrest that Mr Arce himself had told the general to storm the palace in a political move. Surrounded by ministers, he added: “Here we are, firm in Casa Grande, to confront any coup attempt. We need the Bolivian people to organise.”
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