«Democracy must be respected»: Coup attempt on Bolivia’s presidential palace failed
Soldiers stormed Bolivia’s presidential palace Wednesday afternoon in what the government called a coup d’etat attempt, years after an election ended a far-right government established by military intervention. The group retreated later Wednesday afternoon, with the government maintaining control of the building.
President Luis Arce, who won power in a 2020 election after left-leaning President Evo Morales was toppled in a 2019 military coup, denounced the strike and demanded that democracy be respected.
“We denounce irregular mobilizations of some units of the Bolivian Army. Democracy must be respected,” Arce wrote on X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, who took partial responsibility for the previous Bolivian coup.
