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Bolivia’s president lambasts accusations of a self-coup as ‘lies’ as his supporters rally
Politics tamfitronics LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday angrily called accusations that he was behind an attempted coup against his government “lies,” saying the general who apparently led it acted on his own and vowing that he would face justice.Arce’s comments, his first to the press since Wednesday’s failed apparent coupcame after the general involved, Juan José Zúñigaalleged without providing evidence that the president had ordered him to carry out the mutiny in a ruse to boost his flagging popularity.That fueled speculation about what really happened, even after the government...
