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Coup attempt underway in Bolivia as president urges people to mobilize against it

abcnews.go.com Coup attempt underway in Bolivia as president urges people to mobilize against it

Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup and urged people to mobilize

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Isn't it already over?

The coup leader was arrested by their own troops, right?
- Yeah, it's over: https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-military-deployment-arce-coup-fears-028cd88f3be1fb02164c05deb0faa099
if you didnt know it was a coup, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit..

/s
With Russia wanting to stir things up, there are a lot more coup attempts recently since they hope they'll get support.

More info: https://youtu.be/gYvht5nu7rU
- I don't think this would help them in this case. The current president was part of the Morales administration and is a member of the Movement for Socialism. Neither of those are very close with the US.