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A tank knocked down the doorways of the Bolivian Government headquarters and entered at 3:51 p.m. this Wednesday, June 26, this following Juan José Zúñiga, common commander of the Bolivian Military, threatened to take the Authorities headquarters and alter The gabinet.
The assault was reported on X (previously Twitter) by Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia, who mentioned {that a} group of snipers took over Plaza Murillo in La Paz.
“This appears to point that they ready the Coup d’état upfront. I ask the folks with a democratic vocation to defend the Homeland from some army teams that act in opposition to democracy and the folks,” he revealed.
What did AMLO and Sheinbaum say concerning the tried Coup d’état in Bolivia?
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has proven his help for Bolivia thus far in his six-year time period, denounced the assault by that nation’s army forces in opposition to the Authorities.
“We categorical the strongest condemnation of the tried coup d’état in Bolivia. We absolutely help and once more President Luis Alberto Arce, the true democratic authority of this folks and sister nation,” he posted in X.
Marcelo Ebrard, the subsequent Secretary of Financial system with Claudia Sheinbaum, joined within the condemnation, saying: “All help and sympathy to Constitutional President Luis Arce Catacora who’s dealing with a brand new coup try.”
Minutes later, Claudia Sheinbaum described the mobilization of troopers by means of the streets of La Paz as “an assault in opposition to democracy.”
“We strongly condemn these occasions. Our unconditional help to President Luís Arce and his folks. Our help for the Authorities’s positioning,” mentioned the subsequent president of Mexico.
These are the reactions to the tried coup in Bolivia
Luis Almagro, secretary common of the Group of American States (OAS), said that the group is not going to tolerate “any type of violation of the official constitutional order in Bolivia,” following the deployment of the army.
“The OAS Common Secretariat strongly condemns these actions by the Bolivian Military, which should undergo civil authority as mandated by the Inter-American Democratic Constitution,” Almagro mentioned.
Likewise, he expressed his “solidarity with the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce.”
“The worldwide neighborhood, the OAS, the Common Secretariat of the OAS, is not going to tolerate any type of violation of the official constitutional order in Bolivia or wherever else,” he added.
We denounce {that a} Group of the Challapata Particular Regiment “Mendez Arcos” took over Plaza Murillo with snipers. This appears to point that they ready the Coup d’état upfront.
I ask the folks with a democratic vocation to defend the Homeland from some teams…— Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) June 26, 2024
Alternatively, Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, mentioned he had spoken with Luis Arce, to whom he confirmed all his help in opposition to the Coup d’état.
”I acquired a name from President Lucho Arce of Bolivia and (additionally) spoke with the chief of former President Evo Morales. “We’re, from Venezuela, denouncing a coup d’état in opposition to Bolivian democracy,” mentioned the president throughout an occasion with businessmen within the state of Lara.
One other Latin American chief who condemned the army try was Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, who assured that “in Latin America, coups by no means labored.”
Lula requested his overseas minister Mauro Vieira to assemble info earlier than giving a proper place of the Brazilian authorities in relation to the occasions which might be occurring in Bolivia.
“(I’m a) lover” of democracy and, subsequently, I defend that “democracy prevails in Latin America.”
Bolivian President dismisses Military commander
Juan José Zúñiga was relieved of his duties on Wednesday together with the opposite army commanders by Luis Arce, following he commanded a bunch of troopers who had been the protagonists of tense scenes on the Authorities headquarters in La Paz.
Arce and his vice chairman David Choquehuanca remained contained in the headquarters of the Government and denounced earlier than the worldwide neighborhood “an tried coup d’état.”
“Right here we’re, the whole nationwide authorities, with all its ministers, standing agency with our vice chairman, standing agency right here in the primary home to confront any coup try, any try that threatens our democracy,” mentioned the Bolivian president.
