Bolivian President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora denounced an attempted military coup, in your X account, He pointed to “irregular mobilizations of some army units” and armed forces gathering in Plaza Murillo in La Paz.
In addition, the statements of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro, condemning the events by declaring, “the international community, the OAS and the General Secretariat will not tolerate any breach of the legitimate constitutional order in Bolivia or anywhere else”; The leaders of the region and of Spain did not take long to react.
President Gustavo Petro rejected the attempted military coup declaring that, “Latin America must unite in favor of democracy,” and ordered the Colombian embassy to grant refuge to the persecuted.
The Colombian Foreign Ministry also published a statement stating that it “strongly repudiates the actions of some units of the army of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the vicinity of the Government Palace”.
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Amlo, affirmed his full support for the presidency of Luis Arce pointing it out as the “authentic democratic authority of that brotherly people and country.”
Lula Da Silva, from Brazil, told journalists that together with the ambassador and the foreign minister, they are seeking information about the attempted coup d’état, and stated “as a lover of democracy, I want democracy to prevail in Latin America. The coup did not work,” the president told reporters in the Plaza of the Three Powers in Brasilia.
The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, “roundly” condemned the military movements in Bolivia and via social networks he sent support and solidarity to the Arce Government.
From your neighboring country, Peru, the official account of the presidency in X stated that it supports the people and the constitutional government of President Luis Arce, as well as supporting institutional efforts to preserve order.
The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, also expressed his concern about the situation in Bolivia. “We express our support for democracy in our brother country and for the legitimate government of Luis Arce. We cannot tolerate any breach of the legitimate constitutional order in Bolivia or anywhere else,” he said via X.
