'The country is today facing an attempted coup d'etat,' Bolivian President Luis Arce said, according to a CNBC translation
In breakneck developments over a handful of hours, video footage showed armored vehicles and troops led by army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga appearing to encircle the government seat of President Luis Arce.Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo later confirmed the arrest of Zuniga and of former navy Vice Admiral Juan Arnez Salvador.
"The country is today facing an attempted coup d'etat," Arce said, according to a CNBC translation. "We need the people of Bolivia to mobilize and organize against the coup and in favor of democracy."of the Plaza de Murillo, the central square of the seat of government in La Paz, where she reported the presence of tanks and troops acting in an "irregular manner" as they controlled access to the site.
Video footage showed Zuniga swarmed by crowds and detained, after Bolivian Minister of Justice Ivan Lima labeled him a "traitor" andformer Bolivian President Evo Morales — had declared intentions to overhaul the country's ministerial cabinet and invoked a patriotic duty to "recover" the nation.
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