US EditionBolivia's Government Threatens Military Intervention Amid Electoral Tensions and Economic Freefall
- In June 2024, General Juan José Zúñiga led a short-lived coup attempt in La Paz that ended with the troops withdrawing following widespread domestic and international opposition.
- The coup followed fractures within the armed forces and accusations by Morales that President Arce staged the event amid a bitter split in the ruling MAS party.
- With protests intensifying from supporters of Morales seeking his return as a candidate for president, Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo cautioned that the military might intervene to safeguard democratic order ahead of the August 2025 elections.
- Bolivia faces a deep economic crisis with inflation at 8.82%, 47% poverty, foreign reserves plummeting to under $2 billion from $15 billion in 2014, and migration rising due to desperation.
- The government confronts rising unemployment, violent protests, and divided political forces, while analysts warn that further military involvement could risk destabilizing Bolivia's fragile democracy.
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Only 75 days remain for the first round of the presidential elections in Bolivia and the hegemonic party in the Andean country during the last two decades, the Movement to Socialism (MAS), founded by Evo Morales, president between 2006 and 2019, arrives divided and with difficulties to maintain power. Luis Arce, the current president, cornered by the deep economic crisis that the country is going through, has renounced to present a candidacy. De…
Followers of former president Evo Morales intensified their protests this Monday in Bolivia, with marches and roadblocks, to pressure the electoral authority to validate their presidential candidacy, despite the veto of justice.At the same time, different social sectors announced the radicalization of the demonstrations in rejection of the economic crisis that the country suffers and to demand the resignation of President Luis Arce. “We will con…
Evista collectives cut routes and avenues with mobilizations to demand urgent measures in the face of the economic crisis, the rise in prices and the shortage of fuel. The blockades have been installed in multiple regions, especially in Cochabamba. READ ALSO: Bolivian police launch tear gas against protesters who support Evo Morales Since Sunday night, the so-called "evists" maintain roadblocks in municipalities such as Sipe Sipe, Mizque and Vac…
Bolivia's Government Threatens Military Intervention Amid Electoral Tensions and Economic Freefall
Bolivia’s Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo issued a stark warning of potential military action to protect democratic stability ahead of August 2025 elections, citing escalating protests by supporters of former President Evo Morales. The announcement follows clashes between police and Morales loyalists demanding his reinstatement as a presidential candidate, despite a constitutional ban. The crisis stems […]
The leaders of peasants and other sectors also announced that since Wednesday there will be an indefinite national blockade of roads
ORURO, 3 Jun (NOMADA NEWS). – The governor of Oruro, Jhonny Vedia, urged on Tuesday the first president, Luis Arce, to convene a political and social summit to face and solve the current critical situation that the country is experiencing. by emphasizing that the blockades and mobilizations that are announced by different sectors will not solve the economic crisis that the country is experiencing. “We urge from the department of Oruro, so that o…
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