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Apparent coup attempt in Bolivia

Updated: President Luis Arce thanked democracy supporters after second coup d'etat attempt in five years fell apart

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Bolivia’s president sees off attempted coup after urging citizens to take to streets

Luis Arce said the country’s democracy was at stake after army troops seized control of La Paz’s political heart and military police storm palace

The Guardian - US

Beer made from the cocaine plant is creating a buzz in Bolivia. Will the rest of the world buy it?

Bolivia is the world’s third-biggest producer of the coca leaf, and of cocaine

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Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities

Fossil fuel exports were meant to fund a revolutionary leftist agenda. But the state’s move to drill in Tariquía reserve has led to bitter conflict and diminishing returns

The Guardian - UK

Pro-Morales Protesters Lift Roadblocks In Bolivia

Thousands of supporters of former president Evo Morales who had blocked roads in Bolivia for the past two weeks over his disqualification from 2025 elections ended their demonstrations Tuesday after some of their political demands were met.

International Business Times

Evo Morales Disqualified From Running For A Fourth Term In Bolivia's 2025 Election

Bolivia's governing party is in a state of all-out civil war led by its two most prominent leaders, pointing towards further instability down the road.

International Business Times

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

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Ex-US ambassador Victor Rocha accused of acting as covert agent for Cuba

Former ambassador to Bolivia charged for allegedly collaborating with Cuban intelligence services over several decades.

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Former US diplomat charged with spying for Cuba over 40 years

Attorney general alleges ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations’ of US government by foreign agent

The Guardian - US

Former US Ambassador to Bolivia, Manuel Rocha, Arrested on Suspicion of Being a Cuban Agent

Rocha's diplomatic career spanned 25 years, mainly in Latin America during the Cold War era

Latin Times

Ex-US ambassador arrested for allegedly being secret Cuban spy

Manuel Rocha, 73, was taken into custody in Miami on Friday in what marked the culmination of a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation

The Independent UK

Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says

The Associated Press has learned that a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation and is accused of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government

The Independent UK

André Onana and the importance of a team over the individual

In today’s Football Daily: Manchester United, Henry Kissinger and more

The Guardian - UK

South American leaders are confronting Israel over its offensive in Gaza

Bolivia broke off relations with Israel, Chile and Colombia pulled their ambassadors out of Tel Aviv and Brazil has pleaded for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.

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Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel alleging ‘crimes against humanity’

Bolivia condemned Israel for ‘aggressive and disproportionate military offensive’ in Gaza Strip

The Independent UK

Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel, alleging 'crimes against humanity'

Bolivia has severed diplomatic relations with Israel, accusing it of committing “crimes against humanity” in its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip

The Guardian - US

South American countries recall ambassadors and cut ties with Israel over war with Hamas

Bolivia’s leftwing government cuts diplomatic ties with Israel, alleging crimes and human rights abuses in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors

The Guardian - US

Bolivian president expelled from own party amid political feud

Conflict erupted after Luis Arce and ex-president Evo Morales both showed interest in the party’s presidential nomination

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Explained | Who should own the world’s lithium?

Analysing how Lithium should be mined and managed as it is becoming a mineral of vast importance for the digital world

Reuters

Reactions to Ecuador's Lasso dissolving Congress

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the National Assembly, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he presented his defense in an impeachment process against him.

The Independent UK

General who captured "Che" Guevara buried without honors

The Bolivian general who captured Argentine-Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been buried

The Independent UK

US dollar scarcity threatens Bolivia's 'economic miracle'

For more than a decade, Bolivia was an economic oasis in a turbulent region, with low inflation and high growth

The Independent UK

Award-winning retired AP journalist Harold Olmos dead at 78

Award-winning Bolivian journalist Harold Olmos, who led Associated Press operations in Venezuela and Brazil, has died at age 78

Reuters

Bolivians turn out for opposition-led 'national assembly' as protests could return

Bolivians nationwide participated in an opposition-led "national assembly" on Wednesday to discuss a slew of proposals, including whether to restart protests which ignited in December over the arrest of Santa Cruz Governor Luis Camacho.

The Guardian - US

Bolivia’s dream of a lithium future plays out on high-altitude salt flats

The government eyes an economic bonanza in a mineral vital to electric batteries but critics ask if plan is viable and at what environmental cost

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