News of coup

Brazil judges weigh whether to put Bolsonaro on trial for 'coup'

25-03-2025 10:06 Brazil's Supreme Court weighs whether to put far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial for allegedly masterminding an attempted coup after losing elections in 2022.

POLITICS

Brazil's Bolsonaro bets on Trump card for survival

28-02-2025 15:22 Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro remains "calm" and places faith on US support to dodge a 40-year criminal sentence for allegedly plotting a coup following the 2022 elections.

GOVERNMENT COUP

Brazil prosecutor charges Bolsonaro over failed coup plot

19-02-2025 14:47 Brazil's attorney general charged ex-president Jair Bolsonaro for an alleged coup attempt, including approval of a plan to poison his political rival amidst the 2022 election.

Latin America

Argentine justice system orders arrest of 61 Brazilians for 2023 coup

15-11-2024 21:28 Argentina's justice system has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilians in the country who are facing prison sentences at home related to last year's coup attempt in Brasília.

COURTS

Police in Argentina arrest man over Brazil coup attempt

15-11-2024 10:00 Police in La Plata arrest man wanted over attempted coup in Brazil last year.

Protests in Bolivia

Ex-president Morales issues Arce 24-hour ultimatum to shake up cabinet

24-09-2024 17:54 Former president Evo Morales advanced on Monday towards La Paz with thousands of followers, part of a tense protest that began a week ago against the government of Luis Arce, his former ally.

Tension in Bolivia

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce charts exit from financial crisis

17-09-2024 15:17 Bolivian President Luis Arce vows to prioritise fuel imports and debt payments as he navigates the dollar shortage that has taken the nation on the brink of chaos.

Tension in Bolivia

Bolivia President Arce accuses Morales of planning 'coup’

16-09-2024 11:48 Former Bolivian president Evo Morales increases tension in Bolivia by announcing intention to run for highest office again, despite a ban against him. While current president Luis Arce accuses Morales of planning a"coup."

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The whys and whens of decline

07-09-2024 05:08 Analysts of Argentina’s decline understandably focus on the whys but there is a strong case for saying that they are inextricably intertwined with the whens.

by Michael Soltys

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Staging a coup

06-07-2024 05:54 The historical yardstick of coups d’état has been whether they are successful or not with their authenticity seldom coming into question. Except in Latin America, where magic realism has added that word “autogolpe” to its vocabulary.

by Michael Soltys

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Arce: Milei’s remarks on coup attempt does not help relations

04-07-2024 16:51 President Milei has questioned last week’s failed attempt – Bolivian leader Luis Arce says in an interview with the "unrest" provoked by Argentina's head of state is far from helpful.

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Bolivia’s Luis Arce denies ‘staged’ coup claims in interview

04-07-2024 16:12 Luis Arce fiercely rejects claims by Argentina’s President and his ally-turned-rival Evo Morales that he staged last week’s coup attempt. Conflict-prone Milei’s remarks do not help relations, says Bolivian president in new interview.

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Growing discontent amid dollar, fuel shortages in resource-rich Bolivia

03-07-2024 10:58 Along with the fuel shortage in Bolivia, which tends to be chronic due to economic problems in imports, there is also a lack of dollars in the country and, consequently, an increase in the exchange rate in the parallel market.

COUP ALLEGATIONS IN BOLIVIA

Milei doubles down on criticism of Bolivia’s government, Lula

02-07-2024 12:10 Javier Milei doubles down on his criticism of Bolivian government's "staged fraud" and Brazilian President Lula, calling the veteran leftist "the perfect idiot."

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Bolivia recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei denies failed coup

01-07-2024 15:54 Bolivia recalls ambassador to neighbouring Argentina and summons Buenos Aires' man in La Paz after President Milei issues controversial statement on alleged coup d'état.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina reverses Bolivia stance, saying coup attempt was faked

01-07-2024 15:25 Argentina becomes first neighbouring nation to join calls from Bolivia’s opposition — including by former President Evo Morales — in denouncing the dramatic military uprising as staged.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

From attempted murder to an attempted coup

29-06-2024 04:52 Fernando Sabag Montiel is a consequence of an exhausted political and economic system in Argentina, while Milei has emerged as a response to that same failure.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Bolivian Army chiefs arrested after 'coup' attempt

27-06-2024 12:13 Two Bolivian Army leaders arrested after soldiers and tanks converge in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted "coup d'état."

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Bolivian president urges mobilisation against 'coup d'état'

26-06-2024 18:01 President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for Bolivians to mobilise in the face of an attempted "coup d'état" by military officers who tried to force their way into the seat of government in the centre of La Paz.

CONGRESS VIOLENCE

Officials slam ‘coup’ attempt after Congress clashes

13-06-2024 15:07 President Milei, Patricia Bullrich and Manuel Adorni accuse violent demonstrators of seeking to overthrow government in a "modern coup d'état."

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives

13-06-2024 09:23 Brazil has asked Argentina for help in locating the possible presence of more than 140 individuals it says are fugitives from justice.

24 de MARZO

Milei government casts doubt over dictatorship crimes

24-03-2024 18:49 Milei administration echoes vice-president's line, demanding justice for "the victims of terrorism" during military dictatorship era and questioning 30,000 disappeared estimate from human rights groups.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Argentines send message with march in memory of dictatorship

24-03-2024 17:03 Huge crowds head to Plaza de Mayo to mark the 48th anniversary of the coup d'état that brought Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship to power, resulting in the disappearance, exile and execution of tens of thousands of people in secret death camps across the country.

Human Rights

Argentine court hears genocide allegations against Myanmar leaders

08-06-2023 16:03 Court hears allegations of genocide against Myanmar leaders at closed-door hearing in Buenos Aires, presenting vital evidence to ongoing judicial probe into alleged crimes perpetrated by the Asian nation's military.