Bolivian Army forces led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” surrounded government buildings in the country’s capital La Paz and breached the presidential palace with armored ...
Bolivia has named its first woman army general, the daughter of the military commander who led the final operation against Che Guevara, the state news agency said Monday. Gina Reque Teran ...
Two Bolivian army leaders have been arrested after soldiers and tanks took up position in front of government buildings on Wednesday in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup.
Officials from the government or President Evo Morales have said they expect the veterans to attend the commemorations. Che Guevara, one of Cuba's most important ideologues, was captured on the 8 ...
Gen Zúñiga, who was first appointed commander of the Bolivian Army in 2022, was removed from his role on Tuesday, after he made inflammatory comments about the country's former president ...
On June 26, a group of Bolivian army officers led by General Juan Jose Zuniga, who was removed as army commander on June 25, occupied the square in front of the government building in La Paz ...
The Government was forced to send to Berlin for the man Bolivia exiled in 1930—General Hans Kundt, late of the Imperial German Army, for many years commander-in-chief of the Bolivian Army.
Mr Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader, stepped down on Sunday after the head of the army publicly called on him to leave his post. But he struck a defiant note on Twitter on Monday ...
Juan Jose Zuniga (R) in La Paz on April 18, 2024. Bolivia's now-dismissed army chief Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga was arrested after sending soldiers and tanks to take up position in front of government ...