A Bolivian court on Monday held socialist ex-president Evo Morales in contempt and ordered his arrest after he failed to appear in court for his trial on accusations of pedophilia.
The Chinese Communist Party, through its state media arms, complained on Monday that President Donald Trump was “playing games among small circles” by hosting a large group of Western Hemisphere leaders for a summit this weekend called Shield of the Americas.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the weekend returned a crucifix to Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz that once belonged to Paz’s father, Jaime Paz Zamora — fulfilling a nearly 36 year-old promise made by late President George H. W. Bush to Paz Zamora.
Twelve U.S.-allied Latin American heads of state will join President Donald Trump in Miami on Saturday at the upcoming “Shield of the Americas” Summit, a security initiative focused on stopping regional threats and foreign malign influence as part of President Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine.”
President Donald Trump invited Argentina’s Javier Milei and other allied regional heads of state to a summit on March 7 Summit to discuss stopping China’s encroachment in the region, Argentine outlets reported on Wednesday.
Bolivian community leaders asked the federal government this week to investigate after an opposition lawmaker claimed that socialist ex-president Evo Morales, a fugitive charged with pedophilia who has been hiding for months in his stronghold Cochabamba, has fled to Mexico.
Bolivia’s state-owned cable company Entel over the weekend announced the removal of Russian state outlet RT and the left-wing propaganda network Telesur from its channel grid.
Former Bolivian President Luis Arce, who left the head of state job on November 8, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of misappropriation of state funds as part of an investigation into a broad corruption scheme linked to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Party.
The recently inaugurated administration of Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz restored the country’s diplomatic ties with Israel, the Israeli government announced on Tuesday.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Monday said that America is willing to help the new government of Bolivia dismantle Iran’s terrorist influence in the country.
Recently inaugurated Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, in the first hours of his administration, restored Bolivia’s full diplomatic relations with the United States over the weekend, ending a 17-year long rupture caused by the formerly ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party.
Bolivian centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz became the President-elect of Bolivia after winning Sunday’s runoff election.
Bolivia will turn the page on nearly two decades of disastrous socialism in Sunday’s presidential runoff election between conservative former President Jorge Quiroga and Senator Rodrigo Paz.
Outgoing socialist President of Bolivia Luis Arce denounced alleged “death threats” that loom over Latin America as a result of the United States’ ongoing drug-fighting efforts in Caribbean international waters during his final speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday.
President Donald Trump submitted a “Presidential Determination” document to Congress on Monday that identified 23 nations – including Afghanistan, India, China, Venezuela, and Pakistan – as major producers of illegal drugs, or important transit points on the drug supply pipeline.
Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Monday once again condemned the United States’ drug enforcement efforts after the U.S. military struck down a second Venezuelan boat reportedly transporting drugs in Caribbean international waters.
Bolivia’s top court, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ), instructed the corresponding lower courts over the weekend to review the orders that led to the unjust detention of former Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez, conservative governor Luis Fernando Camacho, and activist Marco Antonio Pumari.
Heads of state from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) far-left trade bloc condemned this week President Donald Trump’s efforts to address threats from regional drug cartels by deploying troops on Caribbean waters.
Voters in Bolivia shocked Latin America on Sunday by issuing a political death sentence to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), the ruling party for two decades run by corrupt fugitive Evo Morales.
Bolivian Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the centrist Christian Democratic Party won a surprise victory in Sunday’s presidential elections and will go to a runoff election against conservative former President Jorge Quiroga on October 19.
Bolivia is preparing to hold a general election on August 17 that local pollsters suggest could mark the end of two decades of socialist rule in the South American nation.
Latin America’s far-left governments and Iran’s top allies in the region over the weekend rallied in defense of the rogue Islamic regime after the United States launched strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.
A Bolivian court on Tuesday ordered the nation’s parliament to suspend its processing of contracts signed with Russian and Chinese companies for the construction of lithium processing plants in the nation, local outlets reported.
Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced it would ban socialist former President Evo Morales from running for president.
Socialist President of Bolivia Luis Arce announced on Tuesday he will not run for reelection in the August 17 general elections.
India’s Mines Secretary V.L. Kantha Rao said on Thursday that Indian mining companies are exploring possible investments in Zambia, Australia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Chinese government held a meeting with Bolivia’s top diplomat this week as part of a campaign to undo the damage to its reputation and interests in Latin America caused by Secretary of State Marco Rubio making his first international tour in the position to countries there vulnerable to Chinese influence.
Bolivia must pay $2 billion plus interest to Chinese and Russian companies building lithium processing plants in the country, the Bolivian newspaper El Deber reported on Wednesday, even though Bolivia already offered them preferential extraction rights.
Cindy Vargas, the woman allegedly trafficked and raped by socialist former President Evo Morales when she was a child, resurfaced in an interview this week after going missing for months, claiming the socialist government of Bolivia is persecuting her.
The world made dramatic political shifts in 2024, a year unusually full of game-changing federal elections, including in America.
The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.
A regional poll found that Argentine President Javier Milei is the most popular head of state in South America.
Socialist President of Bolivia Luis Arce Catacora recently stated that the pedophilia rumors against his predecessor and former mentor — now-turned main rival — Evo Morales were “an open secret” during Morales’ lengthy presidency.
Bolivian prosecutors on Monday formally charged socialist former president and suspected pedophile Evo Morales with aggravated human trafficking and requested an arrest warrant against him.
Maximiliano Davila-Perez, once the Director of the Bolivian Special Forces for the Fight Against Drug Trafficking (FELCN), has been extradited to the United States where he faces federal charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. He is also charged with conspiracy to use and possess automatic weapons in connection with his cocaine importation scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Davila-Perez’ extradition from Bolivia on Friday.
Bolivian outlets reported this weekend that the nation’s top court, the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP), ruled to uphold the constitution’s public office term limits, barring socialist former president and suspected pedophile Evo Morales from running a fifth time in next year’s election.
Bolivia’s socialist former president Evo Morales, wanted on charges of pedophilia, claimed on Tuesday that he is using vehicles borrowed from the Venezuelan socialist regime to block Bolivia’s major roads, starving out the populace.
Bolivia has suffered more than $1.35 billion in losses to its economy due to ongoing road blockades led by loyalists of socialist former president and suspected pedophile Evo Morales, Rural Development Minister Juan Yamil told reporters on Tuesday.
Israeli Ambassador to Costa Rica Mijal Gur-Aryeh denounced on Monday that Hezbollah and other Iranian radical groups have established bases in Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Bolivian police announced that a woman allegedly raped as a child by socialist former President Evo Morales is missing.