Coup underway in Bolivia?

CNN reports:

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce called on the country to “organize and mobilize against the coup d’état, in favor of democracy” as soldiers and armored military vehicles positioned themselves around governmental buildings in La Paz on Wednesday.

“We cannot allow coup attempts to take Bolivian lives once again. We want to urge everyone to defend democracy,” Arce said from the presidential residence, Casa Grande.

According to footage from the scene, armed soldiers were seen gathering around Murillo Plaza, a main square in La Paz where the national executive and legislative offices are located. It is unclear why military units are in Murillo Plaza and how many there are.

CNN is trying to contact Bolivia’s government for comment.

Armored vehicles were seen ramming into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace, according to Associated Press, as the country’s former President Evo Morales, who, like the incumbent, is in Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party, said on X that a “coup d’état is brewing.”

Bad Governments should be removed by votes, not guns.

Sadly this is normal in Bolivia which has had 150 coups since 1825. The last was in 1982 so it was hoped these were in the past.

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