“The country is facing an attempted coup d’etat. Here we are, firm in Casa Grande, to confront any coup attempt. We need the Bolivian people to organise,” Arce said in a video, surrounded by ministers in the palace.
The scenes have brought alarm to the Andean nation, where former left-wing President Morales, from the same party as Arce, was removed from office in events many described as a coup in 2019.
“We express the strongest condemnation of the attempted coup d’etat in Bolivia,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
Edit: The coup attempt apparently failed and the article has been updated
Word is that Morales wants to primary for his party so he can be president next term but Arce does not want that so it was a bad ruse to boost his popularity. Lot of speculation though. Will be watching how it goes from here.