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Bolivia’s socialist former President Evo Morales accused his former protegé and fellow socialist President Luis Arce on Sunday of staging last week’s failed coup d’etat against himself.

Bolivian truckers and local transport organizations called for an indefinite strike of heavy transport next week against the government of socialist President Luis Arce and ongoing shortages of diesel fuel and foreign currency.

Bolivian socialist President Luis Arce met with his “brother,” Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, in St. Petersburg on Thursday to address “a broad bilateral agenda” that includes Bolivia’s lithium resources and potential membership in the China-led BRICS bloc, currently chaired by Russia.

Truckers in Bolivia carried out a two-day blockade of some of the country’s key roads to protest against the government of socialist President Luis Arce over ongoing shortages of diesel fuel and foreign currency, which have severely affected the truckers’ ability to continue their labor.

Leftist Latin American and Caribbean heads of state gathered in Caracas, Venezuela, condemned Israel on Wednesday for committing a “genocide” in Gaza through its self-defense operations against Hamas.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich of Argentina warned that Hezbollah has greatly expanded its presence throughout South America.

Cruise ship stuck in Barcelona will be able to resume its route after a group of Bolivian passengers were taken off the vessel.

Iran vowed to strengthen cooperation with Bolivia following a meeting this weekend between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Bolivian socialist President Luis Arce, his “friend.”

Nicaragua’s brutal socialist dictator Daniel Ortega hosted a meeting on Wednesday with Gen. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, and several other high-ranking Russian security officials. 

Joseph Humire, executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society, warned that Iran could expand its influence in Latin America.

Bolivia’s economy has lost over $680 million as a result of riots by supporters of Bolivia’s socialist former President Evo Morales.

Socialist former President Evo Morales announced on Sunday he would continue to campaign for president of Bolivia despite the nation’s Constitutional Court stating he is term-limited from running.

Bolivia presented charges against right-wing leaders for their alleged role in a “coup” against former socialist President Evo Morales in 2019.

The arrests in Brazil of two people reportedly tied to Hezbollah has put the spotlight on the growing influence of Iran in Latin America.

Joseph Humire, executive director of the Center for a Secure Free Society (SFS), asserted that Bolivia is Iran’s “most successful project” in Latin America in an interview published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Friday.

The leftist, Iran-allied government of Bolivia cut diplomatic ties with Israel on Tuesday in response to Israel’s “disproportionate” operation against the jihadist terrorist group Hamas.

Latin American leftists, including the leaders of the region’s three authoritarian regimes, openly expressed support or justification for the genocidal terrorist organization Hamas’s killing spree in Israel this weekend.

Bolivia’s ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party ousted the president of the country, Luis Arce, during a meeting on Wednesday and declared former President Evo Morales its candidate in the 2025 election – officializing a growing rift between the incumbent and the party’s former leader.

Bolivia’s Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta announced Monday that the nation’s socialist president, Luis Arce, will attend the upcoming BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, hoping to join the China-led trade bloc.

Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo disclosed on Tuesday details pertaining to the cooperation agreement his country signed with Iran last week amid national security concerns from Argentina regarding growing Iranian influence in the region.

Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce signed contracts with China and Russia to hand over control of its two largest lithium deposits.

Peru’s defense minister Jorge Chávez announced on Thursday that, according to intelligence reports, five Bolivian foreigners entered the country to incite violent leftist riots and promote separatism in the nation’s south.

Protests erupted in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, this week and continue at press time in response to the socialist government arresting the region’s governor, right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho.

The election of convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the presidency of Brazil in October – a hardline socialist who had, in his previous presidencies, been seen as the leader of the international left – prompted a wave of celebrations among the world’s Marxists that Latin America had finally fallen into near-complete leftist rule.

Far-left protesters wreaked havoc across Lima, Peru, and other regions of the South American nation on Monday after the impeachment and arrest of former communist president Pedro Castillo.

Lawyers for conservative former President Jeanine Áñez announced on Monday that they would appeal a conviction handed down last week by a Bolivian court sentencing her to ten years in prison for constitutionally assuming the presidency in 2019.

Former Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez fainted during an appearance at a virtual court hearing on Thursday in a trial in which she stands accused of orchestrating a coup d’etat against Bolivia’s socialist government, the independent news agency MercoPress reported on Friday.

Caroline Ribera, daughter of Bolivia’s former interim president Jeanine Anez, said on Wednesday that her 54-year-old mother was “attacked and beaten” by a police officer while incarcerated in Miraflores Prison in La Paz. Anez was arrested in March for allegedly conspiring to overthrow her predecessor, Evo Morales.

Bolivia entered its third day of a “national strike” against the socialist government there on Thursday, demanding the revocation of a law that opposition members say allows President Luis Arce to rule by decree.

A Bolivian woman reportedly bit into a fast-food hamburger only to find a decomposing human finger, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Former Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez declared herself on hunger strike this weekend and, according to her family, has been denied transfer to a medical facility despite rapidly declining health. Officials did transfer her to a new prison in the early hours of Sunday, outraging supporters.

Thousands of Bolivians in at least seven cities took to the streets Monday night demanding the release of conservative former President Jeanine Áñez, who spent her first night in prison that day after being arrested on charges of “terrorism.”

Bolivian police arrested former President Jeanine Áñez this weekend – and ordered her to serve four months in prison on Sunday – following accusations by the ruling socialist government of unspecified charges of “terrorism” following the resignation of socialist President Evo Morales.

Socialist leaders in Latin America, most prominently those in charge of the dictatorship in Venezuela, observed the anniversary of a drone strike against leading Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani this weekend with vocal condemnations of America and statements of solidarity with Iran.

Socialist ex-President of Bolivia Evo Morales, who resigned last year after the Organization of American States (OAS) found evidence that his Movement Towards Socialist (MAS) party committed fraud in that year’s election, returned to the country on Monday following a year in exile.

Criminal gangs in Bolivia linked to the “Chinese mafia” are allegedly bribing police and customs officials to smuggle jaguar parts to China, a report by environmental groups claimed on Thursday.