“…This coup attempt in Bolivia is part of the complex international situation of growing polarization, in which imperialism and its complicit bourgeoisies seek authoritarian forms of government to be able to impose their harsh plans of austerity and plundering.”
On Monday, June 24, the general commander of the Bolivian Armed Forces, Juan José Zúñiga, in a public interview, threatened to arrest former president Evo Morales, whose candidacy for the 2025 elections he rejects. The following day there were rumors about the dismissal of the head of the Army, and indeed it did happen. But on Wednesday 26, Zúñiga reappeared publicly in an event as commander and demanded “a change of cabinet”, while the high command ordered the self-quartering and military provisioning.
Around 3 pm on the 26th, military movements began in the Plaza Murillo in La Paz, the Bolivian capital. Zúñiga entered the central square in a tankette followed by several vehicles of the Challapata Regiment with snipers and announced that he would occupy the Executive and Legislative branches of government. Shortly after, the Palacio Quemado, the seat of the national government, was occupied. The Plurinational Assembly was also besieged. Both the current president Luis Arce and Morales, called on the population to resist the coup attempt. Read the full article in Asian Marxist Review HERE.