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Mayo 25, 2005
Two Lt. Colonels
On Channel 4 Radio Popular, two Lt. Colonels Julio Herrera and Julio Cesar Galindo called for the toppling of President Carlos Mesa's government, nationalization of hydrocarbons, convocating the Constituent Assembly and to implement a military-civil government.
The head of the Armed Forces, Luis Aranda, stressed that these were isolated voices within the Armed Forces. Both Herrera and Galindo reiterated that they were pacifists, and were not part of military coup.
It took a lot of guts to use their own real names, though.
Meanwhile, the Bolivian Information Agency reported that a dynamite explosion damaged a Congressional building where commission meeting are held.
Update 1: Bloomberg and Reuters have picked up on the opinionated junior officers.
Update 2: Yahoo! Photos provides a snapshot of the two officers.
Posted by eduardo at Mayo 25, 2005 03:11 PM
Comments
Career military pacifists? Forgive my skepticism!
Posted by: miguel at Mayo 26, 2005 12:50 AM
what I don't understand is how did the photo appear in Yahoo's news section, so fast, hm?
Posted by: Miguel (MABB) at Mayo 26, 2005 03:12 PM