Bolivia, 1953 — military coup attempt
Event Summary
The dataset records an attempted military coup in Bolivia on 9 November 1953, in the second year of the revolutionary MNR government of President Victor Paz Estenssoro. Having seized power in the April 1952 national revolution, the MNR spent 1953 driving through its transformative program, nationalizing the great tin mines held by the three tin barons in October 1953 and enacting the landmark agrarian reform decree on 2 August 1953, while governing in constant tension with the labor unions of the Bolivian Workers Center and facing recurrent plots from the displaced conservative right. Any coup attempt in November 1953 came within that turbulence and did not unseat the government.
The MNR held power through a long series of failed conspiracies until the military coup of 4 November 1964 finally ended its twelve year rule.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
14511091953
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Victor Paz Estenssoro and the MNR government survived; the MNR held power until the 1964 coup.
Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
New York Times
Globe and Mail
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →