'The US Had No Involvement': White House Denies Any Role In Recent Bolivian Political Unrest

2 months ago

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, was asked about last month's coup attempt in Bolivia.

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00:00I have two questions on Bolivia.

00:03First, former President of Bolivia Evo Morales and also

00:05Argentine President Javier Millet

00:07have accused President Luis Arce of staging a self-coup

00:11last week.

00:12Does the administration believe any evidence

00:15if this was the case?

00:18So look, I want to be really mindful here.

00:25We have seen the false allegations of US involvement

00:29in the events of Bolivia on June 26.

00:32I know that's something that has come up a couple times.

00:34And so I want to make sure that it is clear

00:37that the US had no involvement in that.

00:39Look, we certainly condemn, strongly condemn,

00:44the deployment of army units in Bolivia

00:47in any attempt to subvert a constitutional order.

00:49And we are going to continue, and I said this last week,

00:51we're going to continue, or the week before,

00:53stand by democracy and the people of Bolivia.

00:56And that is where we're going to continue to stand.

01:00Can I have another one?

01:01Sure.

01:02With the US government and the Venezuelan government

01:04resuming negotiations today, I wanted

01:07to get, if you can give us a clearer picture of what

01:10entails and how far the US government is willing to go.

01:14So two questions on that.

01:16Would the US government be willing to alleviate sanctions?

01:19And is there any plan for Maduro to sit down from power

01:24without fear of continued legal prosecution?

01:28So to your question about the dialogue that's happening,

01:32we certainly welcome that in good faith, right,

01:35the dialogue in good faith.

01:37So we welcome that.

01:38We're clear-eyed that democratic change will not be easy

01:40and requires serious commitment.

01:43So we remain committed to supporting

01:45the will of the people of Venezuela

01:47and a path toward democratic governance

01:49via competitive and also inclusive elections.

01:53Any specific details about that, I

01:55don't have any to share about the diplomatic engagement.

01:58But we certainly welcome it in good faith.

02:01And that's what we want to see.

'The US Had No Involvement': White House Denies Any Role In Recent Bolivian Political Unrest

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