The Commander General Juan José Zúñiga, dismissed from the Bolivian Army after leading a “Coup attempt” against the Government of Luis Arce, was arrested hours after the crisis unleashed in Bolivia. Previously, Arce appointed new commanders of the Bolivian Army to the Executive headquarters in the midst of a military movement that he described as a “coup d’état” by Zúñiga.
President Arce and former President Evo Morales separately called their followers and citizens to “mobilize” to defend democracy from what both considered a military “coup d’état” by the general commander of the Bolivian Army.
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At 3:51 in the afternoon (La Paz time), a tank commanded by Zuñiga blew out the door of the Executive headquarters and said that he would change “the government cabinet” and release “political prisoners” like the former interim president Jeanine Áñez, who, by the way, repudiated the irregular mobilization of military who seek to “destroy the constitutional order” and asked the Bolivian president, Luis Arce, and former president Evo Morales to leave by voting in the 2025 elections.
“Total repudiation of the mobilization of the Military in Plaza Murillo attempting to destroy the constitutional order, the MAS with Arce and Evo must leave through the vote in 2025. Bolivians will defend democracy,” he wrote on his X account.
Juan Carlos Huarachi, leader of the Bolivian Workers’ Central, He spoke at a press conference and invited all sectors to a general strike in the face of a possible coup d’état.
While, USA is “closely monitoring” the situation in Bolivia and urges “calm and moderation,” a White House spokeswoman told EFE this Wednesday in a brief written statement.
The spokeswoman referred to the “situation in Bolivia” but he did not use the designation of “coup d’état” that the president of Bolivia has used.
“The United States is closely monitoring the situation in Bolivia and urges calm and restraint,” the White House representative told EFE.
In Panama, the president of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, He spoke on his social networks about the situation in Bolivia: “My solidarity to the President. constitutional Luis Arce, as legitimate representative of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. We wish to respect and defend democratic institutions so that the rule of law is preserved and order is restored in the country.”
The Foreign Ministry of Panama also began emphatically in this regard: ““Panama, as a country that respects democratic values and principles, expresses its most energetic rejection of the events that have occurred in Bolivia, after the invasion of the military forces in the Government Palace and remains vigilant to the development of events,” said Janaina Tewaney, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama.
2024-06-26 23:28:04
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