The Bolivian army stormed the presidential palace with an armored vehicle – Concerns about a coup intensify

Bolivia’s army took to the streets with tanks and seized control of the capital’s central square on Wednesday night while an armored vehicle stormed the entrance to the presidential palace with soldiers as fears of a coup grew. Bolivian President Luis Arce denounced the “arbitrary mobilization” of some army units in La Paz, while former President Evo Morales accused a top general of plotting a coup. Heavily armed soldiers and armored vehicles gathered in the main square, Plaza Murillo, with a Reuters witness reporting seeing an armored vehicle enter the presidential palace and soldiers storm it. “The three chiefs of the armed forces have come to express our disappointment. There will be a new cabinet, for sure things will change, but our country cannot continue like this any longer,” General Juan Jose Zuniga told a local television station. Zuniga spoke to reporters from the square before […]
Source: News Beast

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