The US says it is closely watching the situation in Bolivia and calls for calm

The US says it is closely watching the situation in Bolivia and calls for calm

USA is closely monitoring the situation in Bolivia and urges calm and moderationa spokesman for the White House National Security Council said Wednesday.

Bolivian armed forces took control of the capital’s central square early Wednesday, and An armored vehicle stormed the entrance to the presidential palace followed by soldiers who ran inraising fears of a military coup.

President Luis Arce He has said that it is an attempted coup d’état, led by General Juan José Zúñiga.

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) condemned the events in Bolivia and called on the Army to respect the legitimately elected Government.

“The international community, the OAS and the General Secretariat will not tolerate any breach of the legitimate constitutional order in Bolivia or anywhere else”said the Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, in his X account.

Former president Evo Morales, who has publicly broken with Arce although both belong to the same socialist movement, announced a national mobilization of his followers in a separate publication in X and accused General Juan José Zuñiga of instigating the coup.