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ER Editor: Posts from certain Twitter accounts, etc. would have us believe this was the work of the CIA, including Ezra Cohen’s Telegram channel for June 26 and 27. We’ve posted two articles below, one concerning Bolivia’s interest in joining BRICS.
These are all of the South American countries that had their governments overthrown by the CIA since 1947.
But today’s military coup in Bolivia wasn’t the CIA, right? pic.twitter.com/6LlFogKL5U
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 27, 2024
BREAKING:
🇧🇴 Bolivia coup plotter, CIA-backed General Zúñiga EXHIBITED IN HANDCUFFS
“We are going to make our country’s democracy be respected, whatever it takes.” pic.twitter.com/uLL4dmmxj0
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) June 27, 2024
🇧🇴🇷🇺‼️🚨 Two weeks ago Bolivia improved relations with Russia.
And … COUP https://t.co/nUR702TmoF pic.twitter.com/aAR7ya89bi
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 27, 2024
🇺🇸🇧🇴🚨‼️ US army explains that 60% of lithium is in the “Lithium triangle”
– Argentina
– Chile
– BoliviaSo that’s why the coup attempt
pic.twitter.com/6A1ytv8hh9 https://t.co/Vavfj8Fs6W
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 27, 2024
Laura Richardson, a four-star general in the United States Army, explained why it is critical to combat Russian influence in Latin America.
“We’ve got a Lithium Triangle, which is crucial for today’s technology”
The Lithium Triangle spans parts of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. pic.twitter.com/nSKZUWJucv
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) June 27, 2024
Bolivia has recently expressed a serious interest in joining BRICS.
Bolivian Troops have now taken complete control of the Presidential Palace. General Juan José Zúñiga states he’s forming a ‘New Cabinet’.
CIA-MOSSAD interference. pic.twitter.com/JUzUkBZUjT
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) June 26, 2024
Shortest coup in history?
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce has appointed a new Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
Police and anti-coup protesters have regained control of the capital. pic.twitter.com/NiNse1ekYp
— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) June 26, 2024
When the President of Bolivia asked the country to mobilize against the coup, the people answered the callpic.twitter.com/J1X9aqoiwp
— COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) June 27, 2024
🇧🇴🇷🇺‼️🚨 Two weeks ago Bolivia improved relations with Russia.
And … COUP https://t.co/nUR702TmoF pic.twitter.com/aAR7ya89bi
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 27, 2024
See also this from yesterday by RT —
‘Attempted coup’ reported in Bolivia (VIDEOS)
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Bolivian police arrest coup leader; president appreciates public support
PRESS TV
Bolivian police have arrested a former general who staged a failed coup, with President Luis Arce asserting his authority over the country’s military and thanking the public for keeping up their support for the government.
The troops of Juan Jose Zuniga, who was fired earlier this week as commander of the Bolivian Army, raided the presidential palace in the capital La Paz on Wednesday afternoon and took up positions in the square outside, where key government buildings are located. Media reports said a tank slammed the palace doors.
However, Zuniga urged the soldiers within hours to withdraw, after leaders from around the world blasted the army’s actions as illegal.
The soldiers’ retreat was followed by the apprehension of Zuniga after the attorney general opened an investigation.
Bolivia’s Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo said that in addition to Zuniga, former navy Vice Adm. Juan Arnez Salvador was also taken into custody.
“What was this group’s goal? The goal was to overturn the democratically elected authority,” del Castillo told journalists while announcing the arrests.
The rebel military leader had claimed he wanted to “restructure democracy” and that while he respected the Bolivian president for now, there would be a change of government.
Arce condemned the coup attempt and called on the public to “organize and mobilize… in favor of democracy.”
“We cannot allow once again coup attempts to take Bolivian lives,” he said in a televised message to the country from inside the presidential palace.
“I am your captain, and I order you to withdraw your soldiers, and I will not allow this insubordination,” Arce said.
The president hailed the withdrawal as a victory for Bolivia’s democracy and addressed the country’s citizens in the aftermath, some of whom had taken to the streets in protest at the coup attempt, waving Bolivian flags, singing the national anthem and cheering.
“Many thanks to the Bolivian people,” said Arce. “Long live democracy.”
Late Wednesday, Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo said that “everything is now under control.” Surrounded by the new military chiefs appointed by Arce, Novillo said that Bolivia lived a “failed coup.”
Justice Minister Ivan Lima denied Zuniga’s claims of establishing democracy, saying the rebel leader was lying and trying to justify his actions for which he said he would face justice.
Prosecutors will seek the maximum sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for Zuniga, Lima said via the social media platform X, “for having attacked democracy and the Constitution.”
Former President Evo Morales also denounced the military’s actions, calling for criminal prosecution against Zuniga and his “accomplices.”
“We will not allow the armed forces to violate democracy and intimidate people,” he added.
Bolivia has had a long history of political unrest since it gained independence in 1825.
The incumbent president has led an embattled government since taking office in 2020, fending off pressure from both the left and the right.
Bolivia has seen intensifying protests in recent months over the economy’s precipitous decline from one of the continent’s fastest-growing two decades ago to one of its most crisis-stricken.
Source
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ER: See this from SputnikGlobe from earlier this month —
Bolivia Has Good Chance of Joining BRICS in 2024 After Argentina’s Refusal – President
The Brazilian geopolitician linked the coup attempt in Bolivia with the country’s desire to join BRICS
Machado noted that Russia is also “militarizing” its international partnership, developing military and military-technical cooperation with a number of countries – from Belarus to Iran and the DPRK. It is likely that military ties with Venezuela will further develop more closely.
Naturally, the United States is wary of Russia’s increasing military ties with Latin American countries. Washington seeks to prevent other Latin American countries, besides Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, from being drawn into the orbit of Russian influence. That is why an attempt was made to remove the president in Bolivia.
Let us remind you that there was an attempted coup in Bolivia. A group of military personnel besieged the government palace. However, the rebellion was suppressed. The former commander of the Bolivian army, Juan José Zuniga, who headed it, is currently under arrest, and the special services are clarifying all the circumstances surrounding the preparation of the coup attempt and those involved in organizing it.
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Featured image (left) source: https://news.sky.com/story/coup-attempt-in-bolivia-as-armoured-vehicle-seen-ramming-into-presidential-palace-13159595
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