Bolivian military forces withdrew from the presidential palace in La Paz this Wednesday night after President Luis Arce denounced a “coup d’état” and asked for international support.
The general has been arrested Juan José Zúñiga who has accused the Bolivian president of carrying out a self-coup to “increase his popularity.”
The Deputy Minister of the Interior, Johnny Aguilera He assured: “This act violates all the basic pillars of the rule of law. We cannot tolerate this circumstance in the 21st century, and we demand those who show lack of respect for the laws that stop these behaviors.”
An attempt that lasted a few hours
PresidentLuis Arce He climbed onto the presidential balcony to address his followers and thank the people who protested “to reverse this coup attempt“.
The address of the Bolivian Workers’ Centerthe largest union in the country, condemned the action and declared an indefinite strike of social and labor organizations in La Paz in defense of the Government.
Bolivia, with 12 million inhabitants, has seen protests intensify in recent months over the precipitous decline of its economywhich two decades ago went from being one of the fastest growing on the continent to one of the most affected by the crisis.
