Sputnik International LA PAZ (Sputnik) – The coup attempt in Bolivia could have been provoked from the outside and caused by a desire to plunder the country’s natural resources, Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo told Sputnik.
On Wednesday, local media reported the presence of the military at Murillo Square, the central square of Bolivia’s administrative capital La Paz, where government buildings are located. The military, led by former Commander-in-Chief Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga, then tried to break into the presidential palace. Bolivian President Luis Arce, who was in the palace at the time, made an address to the nation, describing the events as a coup attempt, and created a new army command, which called on the military to leave the square. The soldiers complied with the order. Zuniga was arrested later in the day.
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