Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.
The soldiers pulled back behind a line of military vehicles, as hundreds of Arce’s supporters rushed the square outside the palace, waving Bolivian flags and cheering.
Arce, surrounded by ministers, waved at the crowd as they sang the national anthem. “Thank you to the Bolivian people,” he said. “Let democracy live on.”Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.
The soldiers pulled back behind a line of military vehicles, as hundreds of Arce’s supporters rushed the square outside the palace, waving Bolivian flags and cheering, according to ABC.
Arce, surrounded by ministers, waved at the crowd as they sang the national anthem. “Thank you to the Bolivian people,” he said. “Let democracy live on.”Arce also replaced the heads of the armed forces, and Zúñiga was later arrested.
