LA PAZ, Bolivia – The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, denounced on Wednesday “irregular mobilizations of some units of the Bolivian Army” and called for respect for democracy, which generated fears of a coup d’état in the country, while images television showed the deployment of uniformed officers in front of the Government Palace in La Paz.
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Television footage showed at least two military tanks and a group of soldiers in front of the government headquarters, who later managed to enter the palace.
The General Commander of the Army, Juan José Zúñiga, present in the same Plaza Murillo confirmed the mobilization of uniformed personnel and said: “We are upset by the outrage that exists, enough is enough.”
Without giving more details of what he was referring to, he spoke on television about “attacks on democracy” and that “there will soon be a change of cabinet.”
The Government Palace of Bolivia was guarded by police units and on Wednesday the Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, was also at the door, while in front there were military tanks and several soldiers mobilized, according to television.
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States condemned what is happening in Bolivia and appealed for the Army to submit “to the legitimately elected civil power.”
Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the OAS, spoke from Asunción and rejected the situation: “The international community, the OAS and the General Secretariat of the OAS will not tolerate any form of violation of the legitimate constitutional order in Bolivia, or anywhere else. .”
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