LA PAZ, Bolivia — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday. An armored vehicle and military police form outside the government palace in what President Luis Arce said was an attempted coup, at Plaza Murillo in La …
A dramatic failed coup attempt unfolded in Bolivia on Wednesday, with armoured vehicles ramming into the doors of the government palace. In a tense palace hallway, Arce asserted his authority, stating, “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination.” Who is General Juan Jose Zuniga? During the incident, President …
Regional organisations rally behind Bolivian government as troops and armoured vehicles gather in the capital. “So this is a difficult time for President Luis Arce.” Zuniga was Arce’s hand-picked leader for Bolivia’s military. “To the Bolivian people and the entire international community, our country today is facing an attempted coup d’etat,” Arce said in the video. “I think it’s very …
Vote follows a year of political turmoil in the Andean nation following the removal of former President Evo Morales. Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez called for “patience” and urged citizens to avoid violence as they waited for the results from a high-stakes presidential election on Sunday, that many hope can restore stability to the country after a voided ballot last …
