La Paz, June 28 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Luis "Lucho" Arce expressed his appreciation for the international community's support for his Government in the face of the frustrated coup attempt earlier this week.

Through his account on the social network, the president said: "We salute and thank the presidents of friendly countries and international organizations that have strongly condemned the attempted coup and spoke out in favor of democracy.”

The Bolivian head of state also thanked the social organizations and the people, who took to the streets to express their rejection of the coup attempt.

Arce asserted that these actions "damage Bolivian and international democracy and generate unnecessary uncertainty at a time when Bolivians need to work to move the country forward.  Democracy will always win!  Thank you very much Bolivian people!”

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, stated: “From Venezuela, we denounce and strongly reject the attempted coup d'état against Bolivian democracy.  The forces that have betrayed their oath of loyalty lay siege to the Presidential Palace in La Paz.”

Likewise, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his support for Bolivia, saying that "the images of international media [on the social networks] in Bolivia is outrageous."  "We repudiate the attempted coup d'état underway and extend all the solidarity of the Cuban Government and people to our brothers and sisters in Bolivia."

Meanwhile, the head of state of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stressed through social networks: “Brazil's position is clear.  I am a lover of democracy and I want it to prevail throughout Latin America.  We condemn any form of coup d'état in Bolivia and reaffirm our commitment to the people and democracy of our brother country, presided over by Luis Arce."

Other leaders who spoke out against the coup and in solidarity with the Bolivian people were the presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama and the Dominican Republic.