Williams Kaliman

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Kaliman and the second or maternal family name is Romero.

General Williams Kaliman Romero (born 1963[1]) is the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.[2][3][4] On 10 November 2019, he called for the resignation of President Evo Morales after a disputed election, amid ongoing protests.[5][6] Morales was seeking a 4th term.[7]

Kaliman was born in Chuquisaca Department.[8] Kaliman attended the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), the military training school in Fort Benning, Georgia known in the past as the School of the Americas (SOA).[9]

He was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Bolivia in December 2018,[10] declaring himself an anti-colonialist and a soldier for the process of change.[11] Interim president Jeanine Áñez replaced him with General Carlos Orellana soon after Morales resigned and sought refuge in Mexico.[12] He was subsequently placed under house arrest at his home in La Paz on 23 December 2019. Over a year later on 11 March 2021, the Prosecutor's Office under the new government of Luis Arce issued an arrest warrant against him under accusations of a coup d'état against Morales.[13]

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References

  1. ^ Molina, Fernando (November 12, 2019). "Williams Kaliman, el militar que "sugirió" renunciar a Evo Morales". El Pais. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "5 frases de la entrevista con Williams Kaliman, el militar que sugirió a Evo Morales renunciar". CNN (in Spanish). 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  3. ^ "5 frases de la entrevista con Williams Kaliman, el militar que sugirió a Evo Morales renunciar". November 14, 2019. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Presentan denuncia penal contra Kaliman, comandante de las FFAA". eldeber.com.bo. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. ^ "Bolivian army chief urges Morales to step down". BBC News. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/world/americas/bolivian-police-morales
  7. ^ "Bolivia's president resigns amid election-fraud allegations". AP NEWS. November 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "¿Quién es Williams Kalimán? El militar que fue clave en la renuncia de Evo Morales". Red+. November 11, 2019. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Alumni Meeting". William J. Perry Center. April 18, 2014. Archived from the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "El general Williams Kaliman Romero asume como comandante en jefe de las FFAA". Los Tiempos. December 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "Comandante Kaliman: "Las FFAA moriremos anticolonialistas"". Los Tiempos. August 7, 2019.
  12. ^ Dube, Ryan; Otis, John (2019-11-13). "Bolivia's Caretaker President Calls New Elections, Urges Calm". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
  13. ^ "Fiscalía emite orden de aprehensión contra Kaliman". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-12.


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