Fears Of Military Coup In Bolivia As Soldiers Takeover Capital ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Evo #Juan #Luis #Arce #Bolivia #Coup #José #military #Morales #Zúñiga Irregular Movement And Mobilization Of Soldiers Have Been Observed Around The Presidential Palace In Bolivia And The State Capital Central Square, Igniting A Fear Of Possible Military Coup In The South America Country. https://osazuwaakonedo.news/fears-of-military-coup-in-bolivia-as-soldiers-takeover-capital/26/06/2024/ #Breaking News Published: June 26th, 2024 Reshared: June 26, 2024 10:55 pm
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00:00Irregular movement and mobilization of soldiers have been observed around the Presidential Palace in Bolivia and the State Capitol's Central Square, igniting a fear of possible military coup in the South American country.
00:10Bolivian President Luis Azte announced the irregular mobilization of some army units in La Paz and former leader Evo Morales accused a top general of plotting a coup.
00:18A recent video showed the Bolivian President, Luis Azte, in a direct face-to-face confrontation with the leader behind the attempted military coup in Bolivia, right at the entrance of the Presidential Palace.
00:28Photos and videos taken outside Bolivia's Presidential Palace in La Paz on Wednesday, June 26, and posted online showed military police outside the main entrance as an armoured vehicle ran into the door of the palace.
00:39Soldiers were also seen firing tear gas outside the Legislative Assembly as President Luis Azte raised alarm of an irregular deployment of troops in the capital.
00:47Bolivian television also showed Azte confronting the General Jose Zuniga, the general commander of the army in a hallway in the palace.
00:53I am your captain, and I honor you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination, Azte said.
00:59Zuniga told journalists before entering the palace, surely soon there will be a new cabinet of ministers. Our country, our state cannot go on like this.
01:07He added that, for now, he recognizes President Azte as commander-in-chief, the AP reports.
01:13Protests in Bolivia have intensified in the last few months as the Bolivian economy worsens and Azte and his former ally, former President Evo Morales, have been fighting for the future of the country's movement for socialism, MAS, ahead of 2025 elections.
01:25Bolivian armed forces took over the capital's central square on Wednesday, and an armoured vehicle ran through the entrance to the Presidential Palace followed by soldiers, igniting fears of a military coup.
01:34Residents said heavily armed soldiers and armoured vehicles were seen gathering in the central square, Plaza Mourinho, while an armoured vehicle pushed into the Presidential Palace, which sits on the square, and soldiers rushing in.
01:45The three chiefs of the armed forces have come to express our dismay. There will be a new cabinet of ministers, surely things will change, but our country cannot continue like this any longer, General Joan Jose Zuniga told a local TV station.
01:58Zuniga addressed reporters in the square prior to the assault on the National Palace.
02:02Stop destroying, stop impoverishing our country, stop humiliating our army, he said in full uniform, flanked by soldiers, insisting the action being taken was supported by the public.
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