Bolivia: Evo Morales and Luis Arce denounce attempted coup d’état

Bolivian President Luis Arce Wednesday denounced “irregular mobilizations of some army units” in a post on the social network X, while armed forces were seen meeting in La Paz, according to videos shared on social networks, while former President Evo Morales denounced that “a coup d’état is brewing.” “We denounce irregular mobilizations of some units of the Bolivian Army. Democracy must be respected,” the president said in the post, while the military could be seen closing Plaza Murillo, in La Paz. Shortly before, former President Evo Morales had denounced an alleged “quartering” of the Armed Forces, and called on social movements to defend the constitutional government. For an hour now, division commanders have been instructing regimental commanders to return immediately to their barracks to await new dispositions (quartering). This raises many suspicions of the military movement in Bolivia,” he wrote on his X Morales account.Tanks and military personnel were stationed around kilometer zero of the government headquarters, without official information being known, reported the website of La Razón de Bolivia.

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