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Weekly Report - 27 June 2024 (WR-24-25)
Bolivia’s democracy survives military uprising
For a few hours on 26 June, Bolivia seemed to be teetering on the brink of military rule. Soldiers and military police seized control of the main square in La Paz, the Plaza Murillo, and rammed the gates of the presidential palace before flooding inside. But the rebellion soon fizzled out, with citizens heeding President Luis Arce’s call to take to the streets in defence of democracy. The troops withdrew and the coup’s leader, the army’s top commander General Juan José Zúñiga, was arrested – but not before claiming that the uprising was a ‘self-coup’ planned in coordination with Arce and aimed at boosting the president’s dwindling popularity.
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