Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Evo Morales’s far-left regime in Bolivia to strengthen strategic ties and possibly try to mediate a solution to the ongoing political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, diplomats have confirmed.
Bolivia’s far-left President Evo Morales will attend the inauguration of Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, despite close Morales allies Venezuela and Cuba having their invites rescinded.
Venezuelan police announced six arrests on Sunday with the promise of more to come following an alleged assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro using explosive-laden drones. Maduro ally President Evo Morales of Bolivia accused the U.S. government of masterminding the plot, a charge swiftly denied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton.
Latin American’s remaining leftist leaders honored late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez at a meeting on Monday, omitting his legacy of authoritarianism, economic mismanagement, and the worst humanitarian crisis in the country’s history.
Despite an NBC journalist’s best efforts to trick the Pope into saying something negative about President Trump, Francis held his ground Saturday, saying he looked forward to hearing what the President has to say at their upcoming meeting.
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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.
Only God Himself knows what was going through the head of Bolivian president Evo Morales when he thought it would be a good idea to give Pope Francis a “Hammer and Sickle Crucifix“. Although, according to reports, the Pope diplomatically
