A military coup attempt developed in the city of La Paz, Bolivia against the government of President Luis Arce. Military units had been surrounding the Palacio Quemado in the Murillo Square, led by General Juan José Zúñiga, former leader of the Bolivian armed forces. teleSUR
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00:00to mobilize in defense of democracy, different...
00:06Let's listen to President Luis Arce.
00:17Of course, in such a high demand image,
00:21there's some audio difficulties from the square,
00:24but what we're seeing is the image of President Luis Arce.
00:30who is addressing the nation.
00:33We see the political authorities cheering and waving
00:38to the people who are in front of the government house.
00:45It's important to recall the clear difference of this image
00:50if we contrasted it to what was happening just hours ago
00:55when military units were surrounding the government house,
00:58where we even saw authorities trying to forcefully enter.
01:06Luckily, that is not the situation any longer.
01:10New military authorities have been named,
01:17and also the democratic order has been restored
01:21after the military units have been ordered to retreat
01:24from Murillo Square.
01:28Let's listen to the president addressing the nation.
01:59Because we're sure that the only people
02:02that can take us out of the government
02:04are you, the people of Bolivia.
02:22We're looking at images from the Murillo Square.
02:26President Arce is now addressing the nation.
02:32Let's continue listening.
02:39We have some audio difficulties from the Murillo Square.
02:45We have friendly government that has also made statements
02:56in favor of the Bolivian government
02:59and in rejection to the coup attempt.
03:02Nobody can take us, the democracy that we have won in the polls
03:08and that the Bolivian people have won in the polls.
03:12We would like to thank.
03:19We're sure, even more with your presence here in the square,
03:23that we're going to continue,
03:25and we're going to continue working for the people's mandate
03:29for the democracy of Bolivia.
03:36We are always grateful for the Bolivian people.
03:40Thank you very much.
03:45Long live the people of Bolivia.
03:54Thank you, brothers.