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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Bolivia’s president accuses former general of seeking presidency in failed coup

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Bolivian president Luis Arce accused the country’s former general of planning to “take over” the government in a failed coup. The ex-general, Juan Jose Zuniga was ordered on Friday to six months of “preventive detention” for leading the failed coup earlier in the week.

Mr Zuniga led military units to gather in the main square of the capital, La Paz which houses the presidential palace and Congress.

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