La Paz: In Bolivia, the military has staged a coup and laid siege to the presidential palace, with President Luis Arce calling on the public to mobilize.
Army armored vehicles have taken up positions at key intersections in the administrative city of La Paz, blocking all entrances to La Paz’s Murillo Square.
There are reports that the army has broken the door of the presidential palace and entered inside.
According to the news of the British news agency, Bolivian President Luis Arce warned on social media before the army stormed the presidential palace that there were unusual and irregular movements of some military units, to respect democracy. should
Bolivian Minister María Nela Prada posted a video on her Facebook account showing the movement of armed tanks and soldiers from the window of a government building in La Paz.
Minister Maya Nila Prada said in the video that the military has surrounded Plaza Murillo.
In a televised message to the nation with his ministers inside the presidential palace, the president said that we need the people of Bolivia to organize and mobilize in favor of democracy and against insurgency.
General Juan Jose Zuniga, in charge of the troops taking control of central La Paz, said they currently recognize the president but that ministers and the cabinet will be reshuffled.
General Zuniga said that an elite has taken over the country, vandals have destroyed the country. The army intends to restore true democracy.
He said that the “political prisoners” including former leader Janine Enez, who are in jail, will be released.
