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Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and now Bolivia — street protests paralyse another South American nation
1 week ago

Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and now Bolivia — street protests paralyse another South American nation

Firstpost  

For the past two months, Bolivia has been grappling with major political unrest that emerged out of the power struggle between the country’s top politicians. However, at the heart of the protests lies public discontent and resentment over the state of affairs, the same anger sparked clashes in other Latin American nations Supporters of Bolivian President Luis Arce crowd into …

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‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse
3 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Everything is expensive!’ Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

Associated Press  

EL ALTO, Bolivia — Fuel is rapidly becoming one of Bolivia’s scarcest commodities. “We want effective solutions to the shortage of fuel, dollars and the increase in food prices,” said Reinerio Vargas, the vice rector of Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University in the eastern province of Santa Cruz, where hundreds of desperate truckers and residents flooded main squares Tuesday to …

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Bolivia’s top court says its former anti-drug chief can be extradited to the US on drug charges
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Bolivia’s top court says its former anti-drug chief can be extradited to the US on drug charges

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s highest court on Wednesday approved the extradition to the United States of a former anti-narcotics chief on charges of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S., a rare ruling against a top security official in the Andean nation whose relations with Washington have been strained for decades. The decision, which cannot be appealed, caps the …

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Xi calls for alignment of Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan
1 month ago

Xi calls for alignment of Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan

China Daily  

President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Bolivia to align Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan. China supports Bolivia in independently exploring a development path suited …

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Belt and Road has benefited Bolivia
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1 month ago

Belt and Road has benefited Bolivia

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. President Xi Jinping told Bolivian President Luis Arce on Tuesday that China is willing to align Belt and Road cooperation with the South American country's 2025 development plan and elevate bilateral ties to new heights …

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Belt and Road has benefited Bolivia
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Belt and Road has benefited Bolivia

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. President Xi Jinping told Bolivian President Luis Arce on Tuesday that China is willing to align Belt and Road cooperation with the South American country's 2025 development plan and elevate bilateral ties to new heights …

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Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan
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1 month ago

Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Bolivia to align Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan. China supports Bolivia in independently exploring a development path …

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Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan
Top News
1 month ago

Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Bolivia to align Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan. China supports Bolivia in independently exploring a development path …

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Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan
Top News
1 month ago

Xi says China to align Belt and Road cooperation with Bolivia's 2025 development plan

China Daily  

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Bolivian President Luis Arce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 19, 2024. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on China and Bolivia to align Belt and Road Initiative with Bolivia's 2025 development plan. China supports Bolivia in independently exploring a development path …

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Bolivia court bars former leader Evo Morales from running for office
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bolivia court bars former leader Evo Morales from running for office

Al Jazeera  

The ruling prevents the country’s first Indigenous president from contesting elections scheduled in August 2025. Bolivia’s constitutional court has barred former President Evo Morales from running again for elected office, preventing him from contesting next year’s presidential election. Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, Morales led the country from 2006 to 2019 and was extremely popular until he tried to bypass the …

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Indigenous Leader Evo Morales' Supporters Storm Military Barracks, Take Hostages
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indigenous Leader Evo Morales' Supporters Storm Military Barracks, Take Hostages

New Indian Express  

Supporters of Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales stormed a military barracks in central Chapare province and took around 20 soldiers hostage. This incident comes nearly three weeks after Morales backers began blocking roads to prevent his arrest on charges of trumping up rape charges aimed at thwarting his political comeback.

Ex-President Morales Claims He Was Shot 14 Times in Bolivia
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ex-President Morales Claims He Was Shot 14 Times in Bolivia

Firstpost  

Ex-President Evo Morales is shot at 14 times while giving a radio interview. The video shows him sitting in the front passenger seat and at least two bullet holes in the windshield. The driver appeared to be injured, but the extent of his injuries is unclear. The incident comes at a time of heightened political tensions in Bolivia, where Morales …

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Ex-President Morales Claims He Survives Assassination Attempt in Bolivia
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ex-President Morales Claims He Survives Assassination Attempt in Bolivia

Associated Press  

Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened fire on his car. Morales blamed President Arce's government for the outburst of violence, saying it was part of a coordinated campaign by Bolivian authorities to sideline him from politics. The incident coincides with a bitter rift at the highest rungs of …

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Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales claims his car was shot at in attempted assassination
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales claims his car was shot at in attempted assassination

LA Times  

Former President Evo Morales speaks to supporters after marching to La Paz, Bolivia, to protest current President Luis Arce in September. Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened fire on his car. Morales, who served as Bolivia’s first Indigenous president from 2006-2019, described the burst of gunfire that hit …

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Tension in Bolivia as Morales issues 24-hour ultimatum to Arce government
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Tension in Bolivia as Morales issues 24-hour ultimatum to Arce government

Al Jazeera  

Former President Evo Morales is leading a protest march against the government of his one-time ally President Luis Arce, demanding changes. Left-wing rivals Arce and Morales were once close allies, but are now vying to lead Bolivia’s long-dominant party Movement Toward Socialism, known by its Spanish acronym MAS, ahead of the 2025 presidential vote. “It’s premature to think of a …

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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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Bolivia’s iconic ex-President Morales calls for anti-government march as political fight escalates
3 months ago

Bolivia’s iconic ex-President Morales calls for anti-government march as political fight escalates

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s hugely popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national TV of trying to overthrow him. Arce, who has faced a series of mounting crises with his ruling …

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Bolivia’s president promises public votes on fuel subsidies and constitutionality of reelection
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bolivia’s president promises public votes on fuel subsidies and constitutionality of reelection

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce said Tuesday national referenda would be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections, offering for the first time a concrete path out of the country’s economic morass and political limbo. Morales’ power struggle with Arce since returning home to Bolivia and …

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Bolivia’s beleaguered president announces natural gas discovery, promising a boon for the country
5 months, 1 week ago

Bolivia’s beleaguered president announces natural gas discovery, promising a boon for the country

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s embattled president on Monday announced the discovery of vast natural gas reserves, describing it as the biggest find in nearly two decades that could help the cash-strapped country reverse its falling production. That was the engine of robust growth in the early 2000s, a period of booming exports and declining poverty that experts have termed …

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With Argentina’s president skipping Mercosur, the future of the trade alliance looks doubtful
5 months, 2 weeks ago

With Argentina’s president skipping Mercosur, the future of the trade alliance looks doubtful

Associated Press  

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — The most notable thing about the Mercosur trade bloc’s meetings on Sunday in Paraguay was an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei. Uruguay’s president, Luis Lacalle Pou, who has staked his economic legacy on opening up to China, said Mercosur has held his country “hostage.” Incensed over the breach of solidarity, Brazil announced it would …

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A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A week after an alleged coup attempt in Bolivia, confusion and conspiracy theories reign

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — A plan to stage a coup against Bolivia’s president was not what Gen. Tomás Peña y Lillo was expecting when he entered the military headquarters in La Paz last Wednesday. An armored vehicle and military police form outside the government palace in what President Luis Arce said was an attempted coup, at Plaza Murillo in La …

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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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