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☆ Greece is in the middle of an anti-cruise rebellion, with locals complaining about over-tourism and trashed streets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Boats full of tourists who arrive on the island, crowd the streets, and leave trash have led to the "worst season" ever, locals say. AdvertisementIn Athens and Greek islands, such as Santorini, there's a similar sentiment growing. Crowded monumentsVivian Antypa, an archaeologist and tour operator in Athens, told Business Insider that she loves working in tourism and meeting people from all over the world. Harris Doukas, the mayor of Athens, told Euro News that "Each visitor brings €0.40 to the city." "If the government takes action toward the right direction, we can make tourism better for the tourists and the locals."

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☆ Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels seize major base
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Myanmar’s junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters. Junta troops have been unable to contact an undisclosed number of officers at the besieged northeastern regional command, military spokesman Zaw Min Tun said Monday, following weeks of intense fighting in and around the town. “The rapid fall of the Myanmar army’s Northeastern Command makes it fully clear to the ranks of the resistance and to neighboring countries just how weak the Myanmar military has become,” said Jason Tower at the United States Institute of Peace. “For Min Aung Hlaing, the implications are existential,” he said, referring to the embattled junta chief. “We will also continue to fight as allies until the military falls,” said the statement from the Kachin, Karen and Chin groups.

Persons: Zaw Min Tun, ”, Myanmar’s, “ MNDAA, Lashio, Jason Tower, Aung, “, Chin Organizations: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, Junta, Northeastern Command, Myanmar, United States Institute of Peace, Sunday Locations: Lashio, “, Shan, Beijing, China, Myanmar, Thai, Kachin

☆ The 'House of the Dragon' season 2 finale introduces a mysterious new character. Here's who Brynden Rivers AKA Lord Bloodraven is and what happens to him in the books.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Brynden Rivers/Lord Bloodraven in the "House of the Dragon" season two finale. Sydow's character also doesn't have the same red birthmark on his face as Brynden does in "House of the Dragon." It's possible this could be explained in "House of the Dragon" with the idea that the Three-Eyed Raven simply managed to change his appearance over time. Shortly after, the Night King and the White Walkers assault the cave where the Three-Eyed Raven lives. It's not clear whether Brynden/the Three-Eyed Raven will suffer the same fate in Martin's future books.

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☆ Miss USA vs. Miss America: How to tell the difference between the two biggest pageants
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewDo you know the difference between Miss USA and Miss America? From eligibility requirements and prize packages to swimsuit versus talent competitions, here are all the differences between Miss America and Miss USA. How did the Miss America and Miss USA pageants begin? Unlike Miss USA, Miss America features a talent competition. Both the Miss USA and Miss America pageants have had their share of scandals in recent years.

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☆ Ex-Green Beret Who Planned Failed 2020 Venezuela Coup Is Arrested by U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former U.S. Green Beret who orchestrated a disastrous failed coup attempt against the authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in 2020 was arrested Tuesday in New York on federal arms smuggling charges. The federal authorities accused Jordan G. Goudreau, 48, and a co-conspirator, Yacsy Alexandra Alvarez, of exporting military-style rifles, night vision devices, lasers, silencers and other military equipment without a license to Colombia beginning in November 2019 for use in carrying out “activities in Venezuela,” the Justice Department said in a news release on Wednesday. The charges appear to refer to the botched cross-border raid carried out in May 2020 by dozens of armed, self-declared freedom fighters, including former Venezuelan soldiers and former American Special Forces operators, who aimed to topple Mr. Maduro. Mr. Goudreau, of Melbourne, Fla., who did not participate in the raid, publicly took credit for the failed incursion known as Operation Gideon, which he said he had planned with disaffected Venezuelan officials. The audacious rebellion left observers around the world wondering why a decorated former U.S. Special Forces soldier who had served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan was leading a foreign insurrection.

Persons: Nicolás Maduro, Jordan G, Yacsy Alexandra Alvarez, Mr, Maduro, Goudreau, Gideon Organizations: U.S . Green Beret, Justice Department, American Special Forces, U.S . Special Forces Locations: U.S, Venezuela, New York, Colombia, Melbourne, Fla, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Why Silicon Valley Is Going to War Against the Media, Journalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Just 20 years ago journalists covered the tech industry "like it didn't matter, like it was this hobbyist, interesting, plucky thing." The pro-tech media gives tech's main characters the chance to write their way back to the original storyline. Trae Stephens, a partner at Founders Fund, described Pirate Wires as a kind of daily affirmation for Silicon Valley. Related storiesTrae Stephens, a partner at Founders Fund, described Pirate Wires as a kind of daily affirmation for Silicon Valley. Of the members of the news media I talked to about pro-tech media, some were backhandedly laudatory.

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☆ Opinion | Strong Women Are Driving Donald Trump Crazy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s always a good idea to pay attention to Nancy Pelosi and to judge where things are going by which direction she’s nudging them in, but that was especially true over the past few weeks. And I realized that Vice President Kamala Harris wouldn’t face any competition for the Democratic nomination when Pelosi endorsed her. In other words, Pelosi, a woman who so ably foiled Donald Trump when he was president and she was House speaker, helped make it possible — and then confirmed — that another woman, Harris, would lead the charge to foil him from becoming president again. It’s a veritable Hollywood movie. Women are scripting what will happen to Trump, who has treated women with such cruelty and contempt.

Persons: It’s, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, he’d, Kamala Harris wouldn’t, Pelosi, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump Organizations: Democratic

☆ Cramer says consumers are more frugal, turning from companies without value prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday discussed consumer behavior, saying many are fed up with high prices of certain companies' products and services, such as those in the airline or retail business. They are pushing back on high prices, they are demanding bargains," he said. To Cramer, the travel and leisure bull market might be over, noting that many airlines have recently reported disappointing quarters. Cramer suggested that consumers maybe "aren't flocking to cruises as much as they're fleeing from higher hotel prices." And she's exacting, not revenge travel, but revenge against all who've kept prices high."'

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, inflation's, Cramer, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Fed, Costco, Walmart

☆ Death of Hedge Fund Stars: Wall Street, Stock Market Titans Are Gone
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Take activist hedge funds, which buy up a percentage of a company's stock (or an asset) and then use their weight to push for operational changes. Or there would be a fun, splashy war between the hedge fund and the C-suite. Hedge funds rely on outperforming the market when times are hard and it's easier to find pockets of outperformance and exploit them. Of course, hedge funds are having a hard time coming up with a crew because the clients have changed too. Advertisement"At the end of the 1960s, the bubble burst, and everyone thought, 'That's the end of hedge funds,'" Mallaby said.

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So talented, qualified Democrats would have time to launch their candidacies. Bret: What’s past is past. At least if they don’t make the mistake of simply accepting a Harris nomination as a fait accompli. And given the fact that we’re only talking about weeks until the nomination, it’s hard to imagine a rebellion. None of those other talented, qualified Democrats is a standout star who’d be an obvious alternative.

Persons: Bret Stephens, Gail, I’ve, Biden, Howard Cosell, Bret, Harris, who’s, who’d

☆ Pelosi, Long Fixated on Winning, Is in No Mood to Lose With Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Carl Hulse | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nancy Pelosi is all about winning. And the former speaker is in no mood to start losing now, as evidence mounts that President Biden is staring at a major defeat that could drag his party down with him. And his loss, she fears, could cost her party its chance to win back the House, potentially its only firewall against a second Donald J. Trump presidency. Ms. Pelosi, according to those who have talked with her, conveyed those sentiments in phone calls with the president and with alarmed colleagues who have reached out to her for guidance on what to do. The former speaker is intimately familiar with the minutiae of campaigns from her years following House races district by district, and she has been marshaling her knowledge of the political map, polling data and fund-raising information to press her case with Mr. Biden.

Persons: Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Mr, Pelosi, Biden’s, Donald J, Ms Organizations: Democratic, Trump

☆ Trump triumphant as Biden descends into a deepening crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Milwaukee CNN —Donald Trump will pull off his greatest feat yet as Joe Biden confronts his darkest hour. The 45th president’s comeback will only be fully realized if he becomes the second one-term president to win a return to the White House in November. But that’s one reason why his campaign is pulling its punches on Biden in the hope he stays in the race. President Joe Biden gestures to reporters as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base on July 17, 2024. After Trump escaped the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, his campaign has leveraged the aftermath to reshape his image.

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Democrats’ rebellion against President Biden intensified on Wednesday with the party’s congressional leaders lobbying successfully to delay his nomination by a week, prolonging the debate over the viability of his candidacy. The maneuver came as Representative Adam B. Schiff of California became the highest-profile Democratic lawmaker to call on Mr. Biden to end his run. More details have emerged of heated conversations the president has held with lawmakers in which he has angrily pushed back on their entreaties for him to drop out of the race. Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month, his uneven public appearances and his struggles in the polls have fueled deep worries within his party. Congressional Democrats have also warned that Mr. Biden’s sagging political standing will make it far harder for them to win critical House and Senate races in November.

Persons: Biden, Adam B, Schiff, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s Organizations: California, Capitol, Associated Press, University of Chicago, Congressional

Democrats have been planning for weeks to conclude Biden’s nomination process before August 7 – well before the Chicago convention next month. But even as those entreaties are being made daily behind the scenes, plans are being made to solidify his standing with the help of party rules in the Democratic convention process. Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison pushed back on any suggestion that attempts might be underway within the DNC to accelerate the virtual roll call. “Fourteen million people voted for me to be the nominee in the Democratic Party. “That’s the democratic process,” Biden said of the ability of delegates to change their mind, before adding confidently: “It’s not going to happen.”This story has been updated with additional reporting.

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☆ A nation traumatized and a campaign transformed as Trump is set to reemerge
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The uproar over the Trump assassination attempt may pause the intraparty rebellion against Biden for now, especially as he assumes his role as the leader of a nation in sudden crisis. In a nation that was already deeply divided, the core vote for both Trump and Biden was probably locked in. There can be no justification for an assassination attempt on a candidate — an assault on democracy. Many Republican politicians issued calls for calm and an easing of political rhetoric after the shooting — as did Democrats. And Johnson accompanied his calls for calm by implying that Democrats — in advancing their arguments against Trump — had somehow abetted the assassination attempt.

Persons: Donald Trump, MAGA, Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, Corey Comperatore, Mike Johnson, we’ve, ”, ” Trump, Salena Zito, Trump, Biden, Ronald Reagan, —, he’s, Doug Burgum, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Ohio Sen, J.D, Vance, he’d, Barack Obama, Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi, Trump’s, Johnson, Trump —, Abraham Lincoln, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, ’ it’s, Gretchen Whitmer Organizations: CNN, Republican, Convention, Trump, RNC, Washington Examiner, White, GOP, Service, The New York, Milwaukee Bucks, North Dakota Gov, Ohio, Truth, Capitol, —, Louisiana Republican, Republican National Convention Locations: American, America, Atlanta, Washington, Butler , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, New York, Louisiana, Michigan

☆ Opinion | Democrats Don’t Have a Nominee Until Delegates Say So
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Daniel Schlozman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But they need to grasp a critical point: Joe Biden is not yet the nominee of the Democratic Party. The nominee is chosen at the national convention (this year, it’s in Chicago in mid-August). As the party’s charter explains, “The national convention shall be the highest authority of the Democratic Party.” Under party rules, a nominee must win an absolute majority of delegates on a given presidential ballot at the convention. Now, with democracy in the balance, the convention can return to its old role of actually choosing the nominee. But it must decide alongside Mr. Biden.

Persons: Donald Trump, it’s, Joe Biden, Mr . Biden, rancor, Biden Organizations: Democratic Party, Mr Locations: Chicago

A brutal 24 hoursPresident Biden and his allies may have thought they had stemmed a rebellion by fellow Democrats and donors after his debate debacle. Some Democratic lawmakers made clear that they weren’t falling into line behind Biden. She said she would back whatever decision he takes, but the equivocal comments were seen as offering other Democrats space to speak up. Hours later, Peter Welch of Vermont became the first Democratic senator to call on Biden to withdraw. “We can’t unsee what we saw” at the debate, Welch told The Times, adding that Donald Trump’s returning to power would be a “catastrophe.”

Persons: Biden, Nancy Pelosi, MSNBC’s, Joe ”, Peter Welch of, Welch, Donald Trump’s Organizations: NATO, Democratic, White, The Times, Peter Welch of Vermont, Times

☆ Meet the retirees driving for Uber and Lyft because Social Security isn't enough
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementSome recently started driving for Uber and Lyft to earn extra income and have something to do. AdvertisementHaving something to do in retirementSome drivers like Glenn Mueller, 75, said Uber driving gives him something to do in his retirement. Others like Bob Milosavljević, 72, rely on driving income to supplement his Social Security income. Now, Petrie, who lives in Anderson, South Carolina, said he gets $1,780 in Social Security, which isn't enough to cover all his expenses. He retired 11 years ago in Southwest Florida and started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2017 to supplement his Social Security.

Persons: George Conner, Uber, they're, they'll, Lyft, Glenn Mueller, Mueller, Bob Milosavljević, Milosavljević, hasn't, That's, David Petrie, Petrie, Steve Wilkie, —, Wilkie, Marilyn Cassidy, she's, Cassidy, Susan Harward, Harward Organizations: Service, Social Security, Business, BI, Security, Fort Myers Locations: Florida, Naples , Florida, Boston, Anderson , South Carolina, Southwest Florida, Miami, Fort, Myrtle Beach , South Carolina, Salt Lake City

☆ Biden’s political position is rapidly deteriorating as critical news conference looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A staggering 24 hours that cracked the political foundation of Joe Biden’s reelection bid leave him facing the most high-pressure presidential news conference in modern history on Thursday. The stakes for Biden’s solo appearance at the conclusion of the NATO summit multiplied by the hour as his political position unraveled at a dignity-sapping rate. In another danger sign for Biden’s candidacy, one Democratic strategist told CNN, “Everything is frozen because no one knows what’s going to happen. The deepening crisis gripping the Democratic Party is not simply damaging Biden’s chances of clinging to the nomination. But as Biden’s political standing continues to rapidly deteriorate, the question is becoming how much longer he can insist he’s the only Democrat who can beat Trump.

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☆ Aegon's fate on 'House of the Dragon' is left unclear — here's how he dies in the books
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewWarning: Spoilers ahead for season two, episode four of "House of the Dragon," and the book "Fire and Blood." It's seemingly a ploy to lure one of Rhaenyra's dragons out, and it works: Rhaenyra sends Princess Rhaenys and her dragon Meleys, the "Red Queen." Unfortunately for Criston Cole and Aemond, his partner in crime, Aegon chooses that moment to take charge, flying into the battle on his dragon Sunfyre. In the book, Vhagar lights Aegon the Conqueror's funeral pyre, which incinerates his body but leaves his Valyrian steel blade, Blackfyre, unharmed. When Rhaenyra arrives, he promptly feeds her to his dragon, Sunfyre.

Persons: —, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Harrenhal, Prince Daemon, Ser Criston Cole, Rhaenyra, Princess Rhaenys, Criston Cole, Aemond, Tom Glynn, Carney, Ollie Upton, it's, Meleys, Sunfyre, Vhagar, Ser Criston, groaning, They're, Martin, Prince Regent, Larys Strong, Baela, Alicent, Corlys Velaryon, King, Lady Cassandra Baratheon, Helaena, Maelor, Jaehaera Organizations: Service, Aegon, Business, HBO Aegon, Sunfyre, HBO, Max Locations: Rook's, Westeros

☆ Eyeing China, the Philippines wants to buy its first attack submarine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewAmid rising tensions with China, the Philippines is planning to buy its first submarine. AdvertisementChina and its neighbors have been at loggerheads for the past decade, after Beijing claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, including islands and resource-rich waters. AdvertisementBut that leaves the question of how readily the Philippines Navy can operate a submarine. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine troops in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, FileA single submarine would do little to change the power imbalance between the Philippines and China.

Persons: —, Greg Poling, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Thomas Shoal, Poling, Rodrigo Duterte, You've, Mark Manantan, Manantan, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Business, Philippine Navy, Washington -, Strategic, International Studies, Diesel, Philippines Navy, Malaysia, Forum, Islamic, Philippine Communist Party, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: China, Philippines, Philippine, South China, Asia, Washington, loggerheads, Beijing, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sierra Madre, American, France, Spain, South Korea, Italy, Indonesia, Hawaii, Mindanao, Manila, Asian, Forbes

☆ Paris Haute Couture Week 2024: Modern-day villains, deceptive celebrity cameos and a dress with 42,000 hooks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Alice Pfieffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week. In the wake of last week’s Haute Couture Fashion Week and in the midst of the decisive French elections, a general sense of unrest is palpable in the country. Peter White/Getty ImagesThe collection explored refined elegance. Gowns with the flair of theater costumes (a distinct departure from his ready-to-wear garments) turned haute couture into an escape from reality. Courtesy Robert WunAt Robert Wun, on the other hand, each silhouette evolved to a different element.

Persons: “ Couture, Louis XIV ”, Alice Litscher, Chanel, Virginie Viard, Karl Lagerfeld’s, Garnier, Peter White, ”, Guillaume Henry, —, Rose, Carl Jung, Charles de Vilmorin, Robert Wun's sartorial, Robert Wun, Iris Van Herpen, Emmanuel Farge, Iris van Herpen, Victor Virgile, ArdAzAei, Bahareh Ardakani, Viktor, Rolf’s, Rolf's, Rahul Mishra’s, “, Dior, Alexis Stone’s, Miranda Priestley, Cristobal Balenciaga’s, Jean Paul Gaultier, Swan, Jean, Paul Gaultier, Courrèges Nicolas Di Felice, tulle Organizations: CNN, Paris Fashion, Couture, Paris CNN —, Paris’s Institut, Institut Marie Curie, Olympic Locations: Paris, Patou, India

☆ Terrorist attacks are on the rise in Russia as Putin remains 'distracted' by war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The attacks, which killed around 20 people, raised major questions about whether the Kremlin has the resources to protect its citizens back home while pursuing its war in Ukraine. The attacks also illustrated "the diverse range of militant actors Russia has angered through its domestic and foreign policy actions," he added. North CaucasusRussia's North Caucasus region has a long history of rebellion against Kremlin rule, especially in Chechnya, where Russia battled separatists in two bloody wars — in 1994-1996 and then in 1999-2009. Despite Sunday's incident being the second major terrorist attack in just three months, Russian security services "have not really changed their strategy," Harold Chambers, a political and security analyst specializing in the North Caucasus, told BI. Russia's security services "do not seem to possess the same level of intelligence about threats — or, if they do, they are not acting on it," Youngman added.

Persons: —, Molotov, Lucas Webber, Wilayat Kavkaz, Vladimir Putin, Mark Youngman, Youngman, STRINGER, Webber, Russia's, Harold Chambers, Chambers Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Business, Soufan, Dagestan region's, Center for, Washington DC, Anadolu, Getty, Islamic, Tass, Federal, Crocus City Hall, Islamic State Locations: Russia's, Dagestan, Ukraine, New York, Russia, Northern Caucasus, North Caucasus, Washington, Makhachkala, Derbent, Russian, Rostov, Crocus, Moscow, Tajikistan, Dagestan's, Caucasus, Chechnya, Syria, Iraq, Islamic State, Africa, Iran

☆ Why Can’t New York Make a Proper Monument to Gay History?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Holland Cotter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

News has come that a local subway station will be rechristened in its honor (new name: Christopher Street-Stonewall National Monument Station), and a brand-new cultural space called Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center opens today in the neighborhood. You know the Stonewall story. people in a Greenwich Village dance bar called the Stonewall Inn went ballistic. So they hit back, shouting, breaking things, throwing things, giving the cops a taste of what it felt like to be hounded and treated like dirt. It was a big, deeply furious “No” to a history of repression and persecution.

Persons: Christopher Street, They’d, “ Organizations: Stonewall, Monument Visitor Center Locations: Stonewall, Greenwich

☆ Coup attempt underway in Bolivia as president urges people to mobilize against it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In a video of Arce surrounded by ministers in the palace, he said: "The country is facing an attempted coup d'état. Military troops fire tear gas at people outside the Quemado Palace at the Plaza Murillo in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected." Military troops are deployed at the Plaza de Armas in La Paz on June 26, 2024. Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday denounced the unauthorized gathering of soldiers and tanks outside government buildings in the capital La Paz, saying "democracy must be respected."

Persons: Radoslaw, Luis Arce, Arce, Juan José Zúñiga, Raldes, Zúñiga, Evo Morales Organizations: Plaza Murillo, Getty, Army, Military, Bolivian, Wednesday, La Paz, AFP, Plaza de Armas, La Locations: Plaza, Casa Grande, Bolivian, La Paz, Murillo

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