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Buenos Aires – Javier Milley on Sunday “denied” the “false accusation that the Bolivian government staged a coup last Wednesday (June 26), an accusation that, according to the Argentine president, “has been confirmed today as a fraud”.
“Thanks to BroadCast Unitedligence reports, the national government (Argentina) has maintained calm and tranquility in the face of the reported events,” the South American country’s presidency said in an official statement published on the social network X on Sunday.
“The story that has been spread has little credibility and its arguments do not fit the socio-political context of this Latin American country,” the note said, adding that “the ruling party controls the legislative branch, the judiciary, the executive branch and the armed forces”, in reference to the MAS (Movement for Socialism).
Milley believes that “Bolivia’s democracy has long been in danger, not because of military coups, but because of historically socialist governments that turned into dictatorships. There are many such examples: Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, North Korea,” the statement added.
An official statement from the Argentine presidency insisted that “there are currently more than two hundred political prisoners in Bolivia, including former interim president Jeanine Áñez Chávez and Santa Cruz governor Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca”.
“The Argentine Republic hopes that democracy, which has been under attack for many years, will triumph in the Plurinational State of Bolivia and urges the country’s political forces to guarantee the rule of law on its territory,” the note concluded.
Bolivia was shocked when a group of dissident senior military officers launched a coup attempt to overthrow the government of President Luis Arce on June 26. The plotters tried to take control of several key facilities in La Paz, including government headquarters and media outlets.
After the failed coup attempt, parts of the opposition and some political analysts suspected that the incident might have been orchestrated by President Luis Arce.
These critics argue that the government may have exaggerated or even fabricated the threat to consolidate its power and divert attention from internal problems such as an economic crisis and allegations of corruption.
However, the executive branch categorically denied the allegations, assuring that the coup was real and that their actions were intended to protect democracy and the country’s constitutional order. JS
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