{"id":81956,"date":"2024-06-26T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/coup-fears-raised-in-bolivia-as-armoured-vehicle-seen-ramming-into-presidential-palace\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T21:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T21:00:01","slug":"coup-fears-raised-in-bolivia-as-armoured-vehicle-seen-ramming-into-presidential-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/coup-fears-raised-in-bolivia-as-armoured-vehicle-seen-ramming-into-presidential-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Coup fears raised in Bolivia as armoured vehicle seen ramming into presidential palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bolivian armed forces have taken over the capital’s central square as an armoured vehicle rammed through the entrance of the presidential palace, igniting fears of a military coup.<\/p>\n

The country’s president, Luis Arce, warned that an “irregular” deployment of troops had taken place and called for “democracy to be respected” on X as Bolivian TV showed two tanks and a number of soldiers in front of the government palace in La Paz.<\/p>\n

Video on Bolivian<\/strong><\/a> TV showed Mr Arce confronting the general commander of the army, Juan Jose Zuniga, in the palace hallway, telling him: “I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination.”<\/p>\n

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Before entering the building Mr Zuniga told journalists in the plaza: “Surely soon there will be a new cabinet of ministers; our country, our state cannot go on like this.”<\/p>\n

Mr Zuniga said he recognises President Arce as commander in chief “for now”.<\/p>\n

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Former Bolivian president Evo Morales denounced the movement of the military in the Murillo square outside the palace in a post on X, calling it a coup “in the making”.<\/p>\n

Mr Zuniga earlier confirmed the movement of uniformed officers and said: “We are upset by the affront, enough is enough.”<\/p>\n

He spoke on TV of “attacks on democracy” without elaborating.<\/p>\n

Maria Nela Prada, minister of the presidency and a top Bolivian official, said military and tanks were taking over the plaza, calling it an “attempted coup d’etat”.<\/p>\n

“The people are on alert to defend democracy,” she told local television station Red Uno.<\/p>\n

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