Tanks and Army troops were deployed in front of the Bolivian government headquarters. President Luis Alberto Arce assured that these are “irregular mobilizations of some units of the Bolivian Army.”
A tank knocked down the doors of the Bolivian Executive headquarters and entered, after The general commander of the Bolivian Army, Juan José Zuñiga, threatened to take the seat of Government and change the cabinet.
In parallel, Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia between 2006 and 2019, said that the military actions correspond to a coup d’état.
“The Coup d’état is brewing. At this moment, personnel from the Armed Forces and tanks are deployed in Plaza Murillo,” Morales said in a social media message.
I also send a message to the citizens: “I ask the people with a vocation for democracy to defend the Homeland from some military groups that act against democracy and the people.”
Morales urged his followers to an “indefinite general strike and road blockade.”
“We will not allow the Armed Forces to violate democracy and intimidate the people,” he stated.
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