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Bolivian police arrested the leader of an apparent attempted coup shortly after soldiers stormed the government palace.
General Juan José Zuñiga — who was sacked as army chief earlier this week after making disparaging comments about former President Evo Morales — gathered hundreds of troops in La Paz’s main square in a bid to “restructure democracy” in the country.
Morales was forced out of office in 2019 by military leaders after trying to manipulate the results of an election.
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The coup attempt highlights a growing rift between Bolivia’s rural mountainous regions, which support left-wing governments including the current one, and the more urbanized lowlands, which have backed rightist and military leaders.
