Bolivia unrest: Coup or no coup?

Gen Juan José Zúñiga's storming of the presidential palace revives memories of military rule.

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The country was governed almost continuously by military regimes from 1964 to 1982, but has been a democracy ever since.

Now Gen Juan José Zúñiga's storming of the presidential palace in La Paz has revived memories of those dark times.

But even after the general's arrest, doubts persist over how genuine a coup attempt this was.

Gen Zúñiga himself told reporters the military had staged the intervention at the request of President Luis Arce, who is locked in an ideological struggle with one of his predecessors that has brought the Bolivian government to a standstill.

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