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Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges
1 week, 4 days ago

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ’ 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. Morales expelled the …

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Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital
3 months ago

Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital

Associated Press  

EL ALTO, Bolivia — Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation. Seeking to portray the march as a reflection of Bolivia’s Indigenous highland culture as much as a political exercise, Morales …

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Bolivia braces for turmoil as protesters clash over anti-government march
3 months ago

Bolivia braces for turmoil as protesters clash over anti-government march

Al Jazeera  

‘March to Save Bolivia’: Ex-President Morales challenges former ally and incumbent President Arce in political showdown. Morales announced a weeklong “March to Save Bolivia” on Monday after Arce accused him on national TV of trying to overthrow his government in a coup attempt. Although Arce was Morales’s former economy minister and his candidate in Bolivia’s 2020 elections, the erstwhile allies …

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Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival claims

LA Times  

President Luis Arce speaks after an interview at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, on Friday, two days after Army troops stormed the palace in what Arce called a coup attempt. Former President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving Bolivians by staging a “self-coup” last week to earn political points among the …

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Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims

Hindustan Times  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former Bolivian President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving the Bolivian people by staging a “self-coup” last week to earn political points among the electorate, marking a sharp downturn in an already fraught relationship. Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims Morales was initially among the …

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Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival Evo Morales claims
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival Evo Morales claims

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former President Evo Morales on Sunday accused his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving Bolivians by staging a “self-coup” last week to earn political points among the electorate, marking a sharp downturn in an already fraught relationship. Morales was initially among the country’s most powerful voices to say the approximately 200 members of the military …

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Bolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security prison
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security prison

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. “At some point the truth will be known,” a handcuffed Gen. Juan José Zúñiga told journalists as he was escorted by two guards to the vehicle that will take …

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Bolivia’s leader says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to ‘take over’ as president
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivia’s leader says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to ‘take over’ as president

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Luis Arce said Friday a former general planned to “take over” the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denied that the Andean nation was in an economic crisis. Arce said also his government has been “politically attacked” by his one-time ally turned rival, former President Evo Morales, saying the infighting …

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Bolivian general arrested and accused of coup after dramatic showdown with president
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bolivian general arrested and accused of coup after dramatic showdown with president

CNN  

CNN — A Bolivian general has been arrested and accused of mounting a coup against the government after attempting to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday. Justice Minister Ivan Lima denied Zúñiga’s claims, saying he “lies and tries to justify himself about a decision he took and over which he will have to answer to justice.” Bolivian President Luis Arce …

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US diplomat turned Cuban spy, 73, reveals he was radicalized at YALE after being plucked from Harlem projects and gifted a scholarship - as he finally makes huge admission after being sentenced to 15
8 months, 1 week ago

US diplomat turned Cuban spy, 73, reveals he was radicalized at YALE after being plucked from Harlem projects and gifted a scholarship - as he finally makes huge admission after being sentenced to 15

Daily Mail  

A former US ambassador who pleaded guilty to spying for Cuba says he was radicalized while studying at Yale university. Victor Manuel Rocha, seen here, was arrested in December in Miami and accused of gathering intelligence for the rogue communist state since 1981 Rocha, seen here with his wife Karla, was arrested in December in Miami and accused of gathering …

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Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades
10 months, 1 week ago

Red flags, missed clues: How accused US diplomat-turned-Cuban spy avoided scrutiny for decades

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Manuel Rocha was well known in Miami’s elite circles for an aristocratic, almost regal, bearing that seemed fitting for an Ivy League-educated career U.S. diplomat who held top posts in Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba and the White House. Rocha was secretly recorded by an undercover FBI agent praising Fidel Castro as “El Comandante” and bragging about his work for …

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Ex-US ambassador arrested for allegedly being secret Cuban spy
1 year ago

Ex-US ambassador arrested for allegedly being secret Cuban spy

The Independent  

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Ex-US ambassador Victor Rocha accused of acting as covert agent for Cuba
1 year ago

Ex-US ambassador Victor Rocha accused of acting as covert agent for Cuba

Al Jazeera  

Former ambassador to Bolivia charged for allegedly collaborating with Cuban intelligence services over several decades. The United States Department of Justice has charged a former US ambassador to Bolivia for allegedly working with Cuban intelligence services as an undercover agent for several decades. In court papers unsealed on Monday, the DOJ alleged that Victor Manuel Rocha had taken part in …

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Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
1 year ago

Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. Rocha’s 25-year diplomatic career was spent under both Democratic and Republican administrations, much of it in Latin America during the Cold War, a …

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Bolivia’s opposition leader undergoes medical tests as his pre-trial detention drags on for months
1 year, 3 months ago

Bolivia’s opposition leader undergoes medical tests as his pre-trial detention drags on for months

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The governor of Bolivia’s most populous and richest region was allowed to briefly leave his high-security prison cell Wednesday for medical tests, highlighting how the politician widely considered the country’s opposition leader has been governing from behind bars for more than eight months. His lawyer, Martín Camacho, said that while he was in the hospital the …

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Pope Francis expresses concern and dismay over alleged abuse by priests in Bolivia
1 year, 6 months ago

Pope Francis expresses concern and dismay over alleged abuse by priests in Bolivia

The Independent  

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Pope Francis expresses concern and dismay over alleged abuse by priests in Bolivia
1 year, 6 months ago

Pope Francis expresses concern and dismay over alleged abuse by priests in Bolivia

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Pope Francis expressed concern — and dismay — over the allegations of sexual abuse committed by priests in Bolivia in a letter sent Friday to President Luis Arce, as a pedophilia scandal involving priests continues to rock the the Andean country. In the letter, Francis says he shares the president’s “concern, outrage and condemnation” regarding the …

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Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows
1 year, 6 months ago

Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows

The Independent  

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Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate
1 year, 7 months ago

Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by an escalating pedophilia scandal involving priests. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference said Bertomeu’s visit is not directly related to the recent sex abuse allegations but had been planned earlier to analyze “the progress …

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Pope sends top Vatican official to Bolivia as sex abuse allegations escalate
1 year, 7 months ago

Pope sends top Vatican official to Bolivia as sex abuse allegations escalate

LA Times  

Pedro Lima, a former Jesuit seminarian, has alleged sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference said Bertomeu’s visit is not directly related to the recent sex abuse allegations but had been planned earlier to analyze “the progress made in the field of the culture of prevention” promoted by the Vatican. World & Nation Report …

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Bolivian Catholic priest accused of abusing seminary students
1 year, 7 months ago

Bolivian Catholic priest accused of abusing seminary students

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — A Bolivian priest has been detained on suspicion of abusing seminary students a decade ago in a case that emerged after news broke earlier this month of a pedophilia scandal involving a late Jesuit priest in the Andean country. Milton Murillo, a Catholic parish priest at the Church of San Roque in the southern region of …

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Bolivian ex-President Anez jailed for 10 years for mounting coup
2 years, 6 months ago

Bolivian ex-President Anez jailed for 10 years for mounting coup

Al Jazeera  

Ex-President Jeanine Anez found guilty of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power in 2019. A Bolivian court has found former President Jeanine Anez guilty of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power during a 2019 political crisis and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. The prosecution said Anez, then a right-wing senator, violated norms that guarantee …

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Trial against Bolivia’s former president Jeanine Anez suspended
2 years, 10 months ago

Trial against Bolivia’s former president Jeanine Anez suspended

Al Jazeera  

Anez could be sentenced to 12 years in prison if she is found guilty of unconstitutionally assuming the presidency. The trial of former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Anez, who has been accused of orchestrating the removal of her predecessor Evo Morales, was suspended by a court in the administrative capital La Paz. Last year, the United States said that …

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Ex-top drug cop in Bolivia charged with cocaine trafficking
2 years, 10 months ago

Ex-top drug cop in Bolivia charged with cocaine trafficking

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A former Bolivian antinarcotics chief has been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to provide top-level protection for cocaine shipments to the United States. “Instead of rooting out drug trafficking in that country, Dávila-Perez worked in partnership with Bolivian drug labs and sought to send more than a thousand kilograms of cocaine to the United States,” U.S. Attorney …

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