La Paz/Latin Press
By Jorge Petinaud Martinez
Correspondent in Bolivia
Just like the Sword of Damocles, the presence of the USA in coup plans in opposition to the federal government of President Luis Arce is now a actuality following confessions by a Bolivian common who was arrested and interrogated.
The thought of this risk was once more put ahead after the failed navy coup on June 26 in Bolivia, in response to revelations by former Air Drive chief Marcelo Zegarra.
In accordance with DTV, the final mentioned that the chief of the coup, former Military chief Juan José Zúñiga, had knowledgeable him that the operation had the total help of the embassies of the USA, Libya and the European Union (EU).
“What I need to increase on in my assertion is concerning the assembly to which I used to be summoned by Normal Zúñiga (…) at 12:00 (Bolivian time) he known as me and instructed me to go to his workplace which is within the Normal Employees (…), Zegarra described.
He added that in that barracks there have been additionally “Normal Tomás Héctor PL; two colonels, one in all them is José Antonio AM; the opposite I do not know his title, they’re retired (…)”.
He indicated in his assertion that, later, Zúñiga, the previous head of the Navy, Vice Admiral Juan Arnez, and he sat down and the three of them talked in low tones, at which era Zúñiga requested them to accompany him to have a dialog with the president, Luis Arce.
In accordance with the interviewee, Zúñiga mentioned that “sufficient of the humiliation of the Armed Forces”, that it’s time to take energy, that every part is already deliberate.
The previous Military chief reported on that event that he had already moved the armored automobiles to La Paz and that the tanks “will come down from Viacha to help, that there had additionally been talks with the commander of the Colorados Regiment (presidential escort), who mentioned that he would help, as would the Army Police.”
Zegarra mentioned that Zúñiga pointed to a board on his left and mentioned “that there’s already full help from the American Embassy, the Embassy of Libya, the European Neighborhood, the Bolivian Police, the navy, retirees (…)”.
In accordance with Zegarra, the primary chief of the coup try mentioned that every one these elements would help him “as soon as we consolidate the seizure of energy (…)”.
Concerning the current assault on democracy, final Sunday, the state-run Bolivian Info Company (ABI) highlighted the article entitled The USA and its participation within the coups d’état in Bolivia.
In accordance with the textual content primarily based on information from the Coup Mission of the Cline Heart for Superior Social Analysis on the College of Illinois, since 1946 there have been 39 such actions, 17 profitable, 17 failed together with the newest one, and 4 pissed off conspiracies.
On this context, on June 24, the Bolivian Overseas Ministry warned the USA chargé d’affaires, Debra Hevia, about statements and actions carried out by the embassy’s workers which might be thought-about interference in inside affairs.
“The Plurinational State of Bolivia promotes a overseas coverage primarily based on the rules of equality, non-interference and respect for sovereignty, throughout the framework of the norms of worldwide regulation that regulate diplomatic relations,” the assertion mentioned.
The Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the Plurinational State assured, with out offering additional particulars, that, on this regard, it “rejects any kind of motion that promotes interference in our nation.”
Following the failed navy coup try on June 26 and the makes an attempt by conventional right-wing and radical sectors of the left to place the narrative of a “self-coup,” a brand new risk emerged on Monday from Washington.
“We proceed to watch the scenario in Bolivia. We perceive and pay attention to the numerous factors of view which have emerged in current days and welcome an unbiased evaluation of the occasions of June 26,” mentioned State Division deputy spokesman Vedant Patel at a press convention.
The federal government consultant who refers back to the 23 million tons of Bolivian lithium (the biggest licensed reserve on the planet) with the verb “now we have”, mentioned that what is evident from what occurred is that “democracy stays fragile” in some elements of Latin America.
He added that the USA, in step with the Constitution of the Group of American States, which serves its pursuits, plans to “proceed working to guard democratic establishments.”
Patel’s statements prompted the political evaluation weekly La Época and different media shops to warn concerning the failure of the so-called “tank coup” in Chile on June 29, 1973, three months earlier than the navy coup in opposition to the federal government of President Salvador Allende, led by Normal Augusto Pinochet with the help of Washington.
30 civilians and navy personnel investigated
Prosecutor Franklin Alborta mentioned on Tuesday that 30 navy personnel and civilians are being investigated for the failed coup d’état of June 26 below the command of former Military chief Normal Juan José Zúñiga.
“We should emphasize in a common means that it is a somewhat complicated case. Preliminary data is offered that there are greater than 30 people who find themselves already formally concerned on this investigation course of,” mentioned the consultant of the Public Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Amongst them he talked about the commander of the particular troops group known as F10 of the Armed Forces, Vladimir Lupa Salamanca.
This officer was arrested the day earlier than in Cochabamba and is being held in cells of the Particular Forces to Struggle Crime (Felcc) in La Paz, the place he should current his informative assertion to the fee of prosecutors.
Alborta pressured that the Lawyer Normal’s Workplace and the Bolivian Police are making efforts to acquire the best quantity of proof within the investigation section.
He mentioned that amongst these below investigation are retired and active-duty navy personnel, and one civilian.
Key figures on this case are former Military chief Juan José Zúñiga, former commander of the Bolivian Air Drive Marcelo Zegarra and former commander of the Navy Juan Arnez, amongst others.
Zúñiga instructed the press that the Military would launch Jeanine Áñez, Luis Fernando Camacho and different navy coup leaders from 2019, whom he known as “political prisoners.”
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