Military flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails, general taken into custody

By PAOLA FLORES and MEGAN JANETSKY

LA PAZ, Bolivia — 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...