Bolivia’s president calls on country to mobilize against attempted coup after military surrounds government buildings

essentialsaltes said:

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce called on the country to “organize and mobilize against the coup d’état, in favor of democracy” after 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.

Armored vehicles were seen ramming into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace, according to Associated Press

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essentialsaltes said:

Families say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President says it’s not his problem​

On Friday night, a Bolivian judge sent former Gen. Juan José Zuñiga, who led the failed coup, to a maximum security prison on preventative detention alongside two others accused of terrorism and armed uprising against the state.

[Sounds like no pardons for Jun 26ers.]

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AlexB23 said:

God bless Bolivia for putting these folks in prison.

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Pommer said:

What an odd take for such news.

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AlexB23 said:

Well, I had to say it, cos America could learn a thing or two from Bolivia. Cos, if June 26ers in Bolivia get punished in a maximum security prison, then the Jan 6ers in the US should get punishment in a maximum security prison.

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Pommer said:

Did you peruse the article?
People were complaining that their family members were being jailed for doing what they were told to do (which wasn’t so unusual that they would have thought to balk, or refuse), and knew nothing of the attempted coup plot.

But the story is still unfolding; we don’t know what we don’t know.

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