Soldiers stormed Bolivia’s presidential palace Wednesday afternoon in what the government called a coup d’etat attempt, years after an election ended a far-right government established by military intervention. The group retreated later Wednesday afternoon, with the government maintaining control of the building.
President Luis Arce, who won power in a 2020 election after left-leaning President Evo Morales was toppled in a 2019 military coup, denounced the strike and demanded that democracy be respected.
