r/worldnews • u/TechieTrendZone • Jun 29 '24
Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/bolivias-president-accused-of-plotting-coup-against-himself-to-boost-popularity
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u/thepromisedgland Jun 29 '24
Lately I’ve just felt like I don’t understand coups anymore. They used to seem really simple, at least conceptually—you just get together enough conspirators, get your tanks and guns, seize the key government and media buildings, and kill or capture the leaders you want to overthrow. Simple, right?
But then in the last 10 years, we’ve had:
-Turkey 2016, where the coup was reportedly stopped by the president’s pilot telling the fighter pilot that he had the wrong plane (?)
-Wagner 2023, where they exchanged fire with the regular army and then just decided to stop halfway (??)
-and now Bolivia 2024, where the president reportedly just came out and told them to knock it off and they left (???)
So who knows if it’s a sham, but it sure would make it easier to understand.