Contents: Venezuela’s Socialist government in political crisis as street violence grows; Organization of American States (OAS) approves scathing condemnation of Venezuela; NY Times blames Venezuela’s chaos on ‘populism’ not Socialism
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Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri has issued a new immigration decree granting law enforcement greater discretion in deporting criminal foreigners, a move that has incensed his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales and his supporters on the far left.
Two men from Boston who set out on a journey to find the wreckage of a plane that crashed 31 years ago have recovered the black box and recently got clearance to hand it over to investigators.
A deputy government minister was abducted and beaten to death by striking miners as he attempted to defuse a tense conflict over mining laws in Bolivia.
A UCLA study of seven ethnic groups concluded that Latinos age more slowly than the other ethnic groups analyzed. “Latinos live longer than Caucasians, despite experiencing higher rates of diabetes and other diseases. Scientists refer to this as the ‘Hispanic
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Turkey has seized 13 tons of illicit drugs on board a Bolivia-registered cargo ship navigating in international waters off the coast of Libya, according to Turkish media outlets.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian officials say they have arrested two women on human trafficking charges: one for selling her baby for $250, the other for buying it after placing a “want ad” on Facebook.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei told Bolivian President Evo Morales that Iran supports whoever confronts bullying powers like the U.S., an Iranian newspaper reported on Tuesday. President Morales praised Iran for inspiring and supporting Bolivia’s resistance to Western domination. In a
Brazilian magazine Veja is confirming and adding to a story that surfaced last week implicating Bolivia’s President Evo Morales, Vice President Álvaro García Linera, and a number of close confidantes in the running of an elaborate cocaine trafficking operation from the highest levels of government.
A report in Spanish newswire EFE claims the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is investigating a number of high-ranking officials in Bolivia for having ties to drug trafficking cartels. The information allegedly arrived in American hands through a Colombian informant.
With a whopper of a crowd waiting out in the Christ the Redeemer Square in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Pope Francis slipped into a nearby Burger King restaurant Thursday to change into his liturgical vestments for Mass.
Pope Francis rebuked Bolivian President Evo Morales when he presented him with a crucifix mounted on the symbol of Communism – a hammer-and-sickle. “That’s not right,” said the Pope, who appeared to be taken aback by the gift. He and
Uruguay has reportedly declared a senior Iranian diplomat persona non grata after he was involved in a bomb plot against Israel’s embassy in early January, according to senior Israeli officials who told Haaretz.
