MAS loses runoff election in 4 departments, according to preliminary count in BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), led by former president Evo Morales, lost in the four Bolivian departments that held a run-off election this Sunday, according to the preliminary vote count that on Monday gave the victory to the candidates of the opposition parti....
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Bolivia closes challenging electoral process after 2019 crisis and pandemicRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivians elected this Sunday in the second round the governors of the departments of La Paz, Chuquisaca, Tarija, and Pando, the last cycle of a challenging electoral calendar in Bolivia after the political and social crisis of 2019 and in the midst of a pandemic. The day pa....
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Bolivia extends border closure with Brazil for another 7 daysRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia has extended the closure of its border with Brazil for a further 7 days. The information was confirmed late on Friday afternoon, April 9, by the Bolivian Ministry of Health. According to the agency, the border closure is due to concerns regarding the entry of the Bra....
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'Made of plastic': Cleaning up Bolivia's Uru Uru lakeRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia's Uru Uru lake is more plastic than water, with discarded bottles, containers, toys, and tires stretching out towards the horizon, a dystopian image reflecting years of human pollution and the scar of climate change. The highland lake in the Oruro Department of weste....
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Bolivia calls U.S. pronouncement on Jeanine Áñez "interference"RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Government presided by Luis Arce qualified this Saturday (27.03.2021) as “interference” the pronouncement of the Secretary of State of the United States Antony Blinken, in which he called for the release of the former Bolivian interim president Jeanine ....
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Bolivia's epidemiology chief resigns amid mass vaccinationRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rothe confirmed her resignation through her Twitter account in which she emphasized that her resignation is due to "strictly personal reasons" and denied that it is due to "disagreements" with the Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, or with the State portfolio. "Jeyson Auza is ....
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Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia maintain their electoral "super Sunday" despite pandemicRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia will hold next Sunday, April 11, an atypical mega electoral day, marked by the urgency of moving forward with political agendas that respond to the growing discontent of the population and the social and economic devastation caused by the pandemic.....
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Bolivia announces seven-day border closure with BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - "The border is closed for seven days, all the country's borders with Brazil. It is a central level decision that we have been asking for 15 days", said the manager of Epidemiology of Sedes de Santa Cruz, Carlos Hurtado, in a press conference. He also pointed out that, althou....
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Bolivia aims to promote "biosafety" tourism to reactivate the sectorRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia aims to promote "biosafety tourism" by training guides to obtain certifications and protocols for covid-19, and thus reactivate this sector that has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, and that intends to "resurface" through these actions to provide more sec....
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United States asks for release of Áñez and other politicians detained in BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, called this Saturday, March 27, 2021, for the release of the former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Áñez and two of her former ministers, and expressed his concern for the "signs of anti-democratic behavior" in Bolivia. In a ....
Chile and Argentina commit to connect South America with Asia by marine cableRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The proposal was made in the middle of a virtual Mercosur summit that also brought together leaders from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia. The President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, in the framework of the virtual summit of Mercosur presidents on the 3....
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Bolivia renewed its request to be incorporated as a full member of MercosurRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian president, Luis Arce, who participated in the summit of heads of state of the bloc, reaffirmed the country's will and thanked, without mentioning them, those who have already ratified the accession protocol, whose entry into force depends on the confirmation of....
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Biden officials had a dust-up with a Chinese delegation — but it actually brings a sign of hopeOn March 18, the world was treated to the spectacle of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sternly lecturing senior Chinese officials about the need for China to respect a "rules-based order." The alternative, Blinken warned, is a world in which might makes right, and "that would be a far more vi....
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In-depth: Bolivia suffers from more than a century of political and social instabilityRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia began the 20th century with the defeat of several wars that ended with the loss of much of its territory - and its access to the sea - to Brazil and Chile. Between 1932 and 1935, in the Chaco War, Paraguay stripped Bolivia of another 450,000 square kilometers approxi....
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Coup or fraud: Bolivia, more polarized than everRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Bolivian elections last October settled many things. Above all, they refuted the widespread idea among political and media analysts that 70% of Bolivians did not want “even in figures” the return of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) to power. In a co....
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Brazil attracts Latin America's agritechsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Founded in Bolivia more than a decade ago, Digital Farms, a precision agriculture agritech, will intensify its operations in Brazil, its founder Rafael Ghirelli Hungaro's country of origin. Last year, the company monitored 70,000 hectares of land in Bolivia and 30,000 in Bra....
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Opinion: Fraud or coup d'état? Bolivia trapped in polarizationBy Issac Risco RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion DW) With the election of Luis Arce as the new president five months ago, Bolivia seemed to have recovered political stability. The clear electoral triumph of Evo Morales' former Minister of Economy gave the country back a legitimate government after t....
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Bolivia: MAS won 240 out of 336 mayoralties, 13 more than in 2015RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the subnationals, the municipal map of Bolivia was painted blue. The Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) won 240 of the 336 mayoralties for which mayors were elected, 13 more than in 2015. In 19 the ruling party's victory was consolidated with 100% of the valid vote. "Takin....
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Bolivia repeats subnational voting in more than 100 polling stations in five regionsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Voters in about 125 polling stations in five departments of Bolivia are repeating this Sunday, March 21st, the voting of the last subnational elections rom beginning of March due to events that affected the final registration of those votes and that can be decisive in munici....
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The Bolivian Justice extended the detention against former president Áñez from four to six monthsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The situation of the former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez and two of her imprisoned former ministers became more complicated when a judge determined this Saturday to extend from four to six months their preventive detention dictated a week ago. Judge Willy Aria....
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Jeanine Áñez was transferred to another prison: "They took me out saying I was going to the clinic".RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez was transferred early Saturday morning from Obrajes prison to Miraflores prison. "They took me out telling me that I was going to the South clinic," reported a local newspaper, which also shared images of the former pres....
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Bolivia's ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez goes on hunger strike in prisonRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Añez was arrested last Saturday and is serving 4 months in preventive custody awaiting trial as part of the 'coup case', for events after the 2019 Bolivian general elections. Bolivia's ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez, imprisoned by the Bolivian government which is accus....
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Protesters in Bolivia stopped Evo Morales' motorcade and egged the ex-presidentRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The ex-president of Bolivia Evo Morales was received on Thursday, March 18th, with heckling and egging in the city of Monteagudo, in the department of Chuquisaca, where a group of people tried to block passage of the motorcade in which the also leader of the governmental MAS....
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Bolivia's Foreign Ministry summons US and Brazil and asks them to "refrain" from interferenceRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian Foreign Ministry has summoned this Thursday, March 18th, representatives of the United States and Brazil and has asked them to "abstain" from interference and "not to intervene" in its internal affairs. As for the United States, the meeting was attended by Chari....
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Bolivia: Jeanine Áñez's family denounces her health deterioration and demands transfer to a clinicRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Jeanine Áñez's family denounced that the ex-interim president of Bolivia's health has deteriorated and her blood pressure is "extremely high," and on Wednesday demanded that the authorities allow her to be urgently transferred to a clinic. Carolina Ribera, Áñez's daughte....
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The messy truth about prosecuting an ex-presidentby Victor Menaldo, University of Washington; James D. Long, University of Washington, and Morgan Wack, University of WashingtonFormer presidents are being investigated, prosecuted and even jailed worldwide.In Bolivia, ex-President Jeanine Áñez was arrested on terrorism, conspiracy and sedition cha....
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Spain donates gowns, masks and other protective material to Bolivia to fight pandemicRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Spain has donated to Bolivia the material required for protection in the fight against Covid-19, consisting mainly of gowns, masks and gloves, in response to an international appeal made by the Bolivian government in late January, with the support of the European Union. The ....
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Bolsonaro says, coup charge against Bolivia's ex-president is 'completely unfounded'RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, March 16th, criticized the arrest of Bolivia's ex-interim president Jeanine Áñez, during an online meeting of the Forum for the Progress of South America (PROSUL). According to the Brazilian, the allegation that she was involved in a co....
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OAS rejected Argentina's allegations of involvement in alleged coup in BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Amid controversy over the arrests of Jeanine Áñez and 5 of her ministers, the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday, March 15th, rejected Argentina's allegations of having been involved in an alleged coup against ex-president Evo Morales. "Since the OAS was the o....
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Human Rights Watch denounced irregularities in Jeanine Áñez's arrest warrant in BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The NGO's executive director for the Americas, José Miguel Vivanco, pointed out that the arrest warrant against the ex-interim president "does not contain any evidence that she has committed the crime of 'terrorism'." Therefore, it raises well-founded suspicions that this i....
Bolivia arrests its former interim president. A witch hunt?RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a middle of the night operation that followed a 12-hour siege of her home in the Amazonian region of Beni, Bolivia's former interim president Jeanine Añez was arrested by Bolivian police. She stands accused of sedition, terrorism, and complicity in the government says wa....
Elections in Bolivia: MAS still without winning main citiesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governmental Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) continues to be unable to win over voters in Santa Cruz, La Paz and Cochabamba, the largest Bolivian cities where Evo Morales' party failed to elect mayors on Sunday, March 7th, in addition to losing again in El Alto, considere....
At least 20 people killed in highway accident in central BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday, March 2nd, when a public transport bus overturned and fell into a ravine on the highway linking the Bolivian departments of Cochabamba (central) and Santa Cruz (east), local authorities reported. Deputy Commander of the Cochabamba P....
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Tragedy in Bolivia: seven university students die after four-storey plungeRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Seven students died Tuesday, March 2nd, after falling from the fourth floor of a building after the railing collapsed at the Public University of El Alto (UPEA) in Bolivia. According to local newspaper El Deber, 3 died instantly, while the other 4 died after being rushed to ....
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OAS to Deploy Electoral Observation Mission to Regional and Municipal Elections in BoliviaRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Organization of American States (OAS) will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission to the Election of Departmental, Regional and Municipal Political Authorities that will take place on March 7th in Bolivia, in which governors and mayors will be elected, among other Boli....
Bolivia airlifts critical medicines from India to combat COVID-19RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week, India once again dispatched 15 tonnes of five different medicines to combat COVID-19 pandemic to South American Bolivia. A special plane of the national airlines — BoA (Boliviana de Aviación) came all the way from Bolivia to Mumbai and collected medicines which....
Bolivia has fewer high-risk cities amid declining COVID-19 casesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bolivia reported a drop in the number of high-risk cities as fewer new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past weeks, the Health Ministry said on Friday, February 19th. The pandemic is going through a "widespread de-escalation" amid the second wave of infections, Maria Rene....
Latest IMF loan to Bolivia violated the country´s legal framework -central bankRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan that was "irregularly managed" by Bolivia's former coup administration of Jeanine Anez has been sent back, the central bank announced on Wednesday, February 17th. According to the bank, the loan of US$356.7 million had jeopardised "t....
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Bolivia´s largest solar plant goes onlineRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The 100MW Oruro solar plant in the Bolivian Andes is ready to enter commercial operation with the inauguration of the second phase. The first 50MW phase was delivered in September 2019. With the completion of the second phase, the plant is able to cover the full electricity ....
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Bolivia close to overcoming second wave of COVID-19, says governmentRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian government announced on Saturday, February 13th, that the country is close to overcoming a second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with cases decreasing in several departments after restrictive measures were put in place, including a ban on flig....
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Bolivia is granting amnesty to former president Evo MoralesRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolivian Legislative Assembly approved today the presidential decree granting amnesty and insult "for humanitarian reasons" to more than a thousand "persecuted" by the de facto government headed by Jeanine Áñez, including former President Evo Morales in a session that ....
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Bolivia investigates mystery deaths of 35 giant Andean condorsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The mysterious deaths of 35 giant condors, one of the world's largest flying birds, are being probed in Bolivia, where they are often found in the Andean regions. The corpses of the condors, a goat and two dogs were found an hour and a half from the Bolivian city of […....
Bolivia Funeral Homes, Cemeteries Overwhelmed as COVID-19 Deaths MountRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Corpses in Bolivia have begun to pile up as a fierce second wave of the coronavirus has overwhelmed funeral homes and cemeteries, according to officials, stoking fears the growing backlog could become yet another focal point of infection. The bodies of the dead, wrapped in i....
