Members of Bolivia’s navy gathered on Wednesday exterior the presidential palace, the nation’s president, Luis Arce, said on the social media platform X, in what seemed to be an try by a normal to take over the federal government constructing.
Standing on the doorstep of the palace on Wednesday afternoon and surrounded by members of the armed forces, the final, Juan José Zúñiga, claimed that the Bolivian Military, air drive and navy have been “mobilized.”
“The police drive can be with us,” he stated in La Paz, the nation’s administrative capital.
Ministers have been holding a gathering inside when the navy arrived. On X, Mr. Arce, a leftist and the handpicked successor of former President Evo Morales, denounced the hassle.
“Democracy have to be revered,” he stated. It was initially unclear if Mr. Arce was within the palace.
Mr. Morales claimed that a “coup,” was underway. “Presently, personnel from the Armed Forces and tanks are deployed in Plaza Murillo,” he stated on social media. “Let’s name on the social actions of the countryside and the town to defend democracy.”
Native information media had reported that Normal Zuñiga was dismissed from his place this week, which some within the nation believed to be associated remarks he made about Mr. Morales.