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Bolivian authorities arrested General Juan Jose Zuniga on Wednesday afternoon, hours after troops stormed into the presidential palace amid a military coup attempt
Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a "coup" attempt against the government and called for international support.
Bolivia
Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the south, Chile to the southwest, and Peru to the west.
The seat of government and administrative capital is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government
Constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary.
The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Llanos Orientales (eastern tropical lowlands), a mostly flat region in the east of the country
Its geography varies as the elevation fluctuates, from the western snow-capped peaks of the Andes to the eastern lowlands, situated within the Amazon basin.
One-third of the country is within the Andean mountain range
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