Bolivian soldiers withdraw from positions outside government buildings where they had gathered with tanks in what President Luis Arce said was an attempted coup.



Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt, but President Luis Arce vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.

The soldiers pulled back along with a line of military vehicles as hundreds of Arce's supporters rushed to the square outside the palace, waving Bolivian flags and cheering.

Arce, surrounded by ministers, waved at the throngs of supporters who sang the national anthem.

"Thank you to the Bolivian people," he said. "Let democracy live on."

Hours later, the Bolivian general who appeared to be behind the rebellion, Juan José Zúñiga, was arrested after the attorney general opened an investigation against him.

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