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The coup-plotting former Army Commander Juan Jose Zuniga had just been dismissed yesterday for wanting to arrest former President Evo Morales (the target of the 2019 coup) and release the 2019 coup plotters from prison so that they could seize power again. President Luis Arce replaced Zuniga with Jose Wilson Sanchez, who ordered all troops to leave La Paz’s central Plaza Murillo square. Thankfully, Zuniga has been arrested and the coup attempt defeated.
Let's not forget that the US government's so-called "National Endowment for Democracy" had funneled tons of money into Bolivia to overthrow the government in the 2010s, in the lead up to the 2019 coup. The Bolivian people defeated that coup regime in 2020 and returned the Movement Toward Socialism party to power in the elections that year. Bolivia posses large quantities of lithium (which is an element critical for producing the batteries that power electric cars), making it a target for endless US imperialist meddling (just like Venezuela is a target, because of its oil wealth).
So this is sort of a continuation of the previous coup, rather than something totally new. Hopefully the army has been thoroughly purged by now, between the arrests of the previous coup participants and this follow up attempt.
Yep. The coup-plotting industry in Washington never rests. All countries with governments that desire to be politically independent from the US must constantly be on the watch for these kinds of internal traitors.