{"id":2284254,"date":"2024-06-26T19:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolivian-armed-forces-launch-failed-coup-attempt-to-overthrow-socialist-government-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T19:34:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:34:53","slug":"bolivian-armed-forces-launch-failed-coup-attempt-to-overthrow-socialist-government-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolivian-armed-forces-launch-failed-coup-attempt-to-overthrow-socialist-government-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivian armed forces launch failed coup attempt to overthrow socialist government &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbolivian-armed-forces-launch-failed-coup-attempt-to-overthrow-socialist-government-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Bolivian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">armed forces<\/a>, led\u200c by former army head \u200bJuan Jose\u200b Zuniga, attempted a coup\u2063 to overthrow the \u200bnation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-released-illegal-alien-into-america-was-linked-to-funding-terrorism-in-home-country\/\" title=\"Biden Admin released illegal alien tied to funding terrorism in home country into America.\">socialist\u2064 government<\/a>. \u200dThis\u200b incident, the country\u2019s first coup attempt since 1984, \u200bbegan with soldiers taking over the Presidential Palace and \u200cdeploying\u200c in strategic locations in\u2063 La Paz on June 26, \u20642024.\u2063 Despite Zuniga&#8217;s declaration that\u200b the\u2064 military intended to &#8220;restructure\u200c democracy&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-russians-in-prague-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-against-war-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Thousands of Russians in Prague Take to the Streets to Protest Against War in Ukraine\">release political prisoners<\/a>\u2064 like\u200c former President Jeanine Anez, \u2064the coup quickly faltered. Bolivian President Luis Acre, surrounded by his\u2062 ministers, \u200bstrongly opposed\u2064 the coup,\u2064 stating\u2063 it threatened democracy, and called for the\u200d preservation \u2063of democratic order. The coup was\u2064 also denounced\u200d by former President Evo Morales and\u2063 condemned by the Organization of American States.\u2064 Throughout the incident, Zuniga maintained the need for change \u200cin government, promising a new Cabinet. However, \u200cthe military&#8217;s efforts \u200bwere unsuccessful \u2063in securing lasting control.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bolivian<\/a> armed forces launched an apparent coup to overthrow the socialist-run government, but it quickly faltered and sizzled out.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>coup attempt<\/a> is the first in the South American country since 1984 and marks the latest of over 190 coup or revolution attempts since its independence in 1825. Bolivian soldiers under the command of the former head of the Bolivian army, Juan Jose Zuniga, announced on Wednesday afternoon that the army would take over government buildings and replace the government.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Soldiers block the street in front of the presidential palace, right, and the Legislative Assembly, left, in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo\/Juan Karita)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe will take back our homeland. Our country can\u2019t continue like this,\u201d Zuniga told reporters from the Plaza Murillo in La Paz.<\/p>\n<p>Footage showed an armored vehicle ramming open the gates of Bolivia\u2019s Presidential Palace, the official residence of the president. Soldiers in riot gear then entered the building.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Military Police gather outside the main entrance as an armored vehicle rams into the door of the presidential palace in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo\/Juan Karita)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The alarm was first sounded about an hour before, when footage published on social media showed army units in combat and riot gear mobilizing in the streets, alongside armored vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Footage showed Bolivian President Luis Acre facing off and arguing directly with Zuniga, with Zuniga surrounded by soldiers and Acre surrounded by his ministers. Acre demanded that Zuniga withdraw his forces, which he refused.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Footage from earlier showing the Argument and Face-Off between the President of Bolivia, Luis Arce and the Leader of the ongoing Military Coup, General Juan Jos\u00e9 Z\u00fa\u00f1iga. During the Argument, Arce orders for Z\u00fa\u00f1iga to Immediately Withdraw the Troops which he Refuses. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RrgCqU8jGK\">pic.twitter.com\/RrgCqU8jGK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1806075215551877627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking with reporters, Zuniga said that it was the socialist government that was destroying democracy and that the military was going to save it.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Bolivian government was owned by a small group of elites, as explosions were heard in the background.<\/p>\n<p>Zuniga pledged to \u201crestructure democracy,\u201d and pledged to free all \u201cpolitical prisoners.\u201d He specifically referred to former right-wing President Jeanine Anez and her allies, who were arrested and sentenced to decades in prison after taking power during the 2019 political crisis that deposed former President Evo Morales.<\/p>\n<p>In a recorded message, surrounded by ministers, Acre warned that the coup would mean the destruction of democracy in Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the Bolivian people, and to the international community, the country today is facing an attempted coup d\u2019etat. Today the country once again faces interests so that democracy in Bolivia is truncated. Here we are, the national government, with all its ministers firm with our vice president, firm here in Casa Grande to confront any coup attempt, any attempt that threatens our democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Morales was quick to denounce the coup and called on his supporters to oppose the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Coup d\u2019etat is brewing. At this time, personnel from the Armed Forces and tanks are deployed in Plaza Murillo,\u201d he said in a post on X, adding that the Army General Staff had met in an emergency meeting right around when it began. \u201cI call on the social movements of the countryside and the city to defend democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Se gesta el Golpe de Estado. <br \/>En este momento se despliega personal de las Fuerzas Armadas y tanquetas en la Plaza Murillo. <\/p>\n<p>Convocaron a las 3:00 pm a reuni\u00f3n de emergencia en el Estado Mayor del Ej\u00e9rcito en Miraflores con uniformes de combate.<\/p>\n<p>Convocanos a los movimientos\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/87V8WAtRO7\">pic.twitter.com\/87V8WAtRO7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evoespueblo\/status\/1806040047767982392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Organization of American States, representing nearly all of North and South America, condemned the coup.<\/p>\n<p>Zuniga pledged that he would create a new Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will surely be a new Cabinet soon,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cThere will be a new Cabinet. Ministers will be changed, but our state cannot continue like this, doing whatever it wants. We are showing our annoyance, it is our duty, our obligation that the Armed Forces recover this country again, enough of impoverishing the country and humiliating the army,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Acre got past the army and swore in new heads of the country\u2019s army and air force in an impromptu ceremony. The new commanders told the soldiers involved in the coup to go home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZuniga has been a good commander, and we ask him not to spill the blood of our soldiers,\u201d the new commander of the Bolivian military, Jose Sanchez, said in his swearing-in ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The army listened to their new commander, with troops and armored vehicles withdrawing from their positions around the Presidential Palace. The entire saga lasted two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Morales called for Zuniga to be criminally tried, along with his accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>Zuniga was fired from his position as head of the army just one day prior to the coup after making disparaging remarks about Morales, who was deposed in 2019. Opponents of Morales claim he has been running the country from the shadows since, and the sentiment was expressed by Zuniga, leading to his firing.<\/p>\n<p>The speed at which the coup was defeated led some within Acre\u2019s Movement for Socialism Party to question whether it was an actual coup at all, or entirely orchestrated by Acre himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not know for sure what is happening. We consider\u00a0Arce Catacora a traitor to the Movement for Socialism and to the country because he has decided to govern through decrees and judicial resolutions of a body that self-prorogated. It is a set of complex things,\u201d MAS Political Secretary Oscar Alvarez said, <em>Pagina 12<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pagina12.com.ar\/747431-intento-de-golpe-de-estado-en-bolivia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1950, Bolivia has seen the most coups of any country in the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolivian armed forces attempted a coup against the socialist government, which quickly failed. This marks the first coup attempt in Bolivia since 1984 and adds to over 190 such attempts since gaining independence in 1825. 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