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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

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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

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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 Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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

The Hindu

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.

Reuters

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

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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

The Conversation

Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country

Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

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The Independent UK

Protesters lift blockades in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region

Protesters in Bolivia have lifted the blockades that had largely isolated the rich eastern region of Santa Cruz from the rest of the country for more than 15 days

The Independent UK

Bolivia: Opposition blockades push for leader's release

Trucks are snarled and people in the Santa Cruz region have to find ways to skirt blockades that opposition leaders set up across the area considered to be Bolivia's economic engine to protest the detention of Gov_ Luis Fernando Camacho late last year on “terrorism charges.”

Reuters

Bolivia's farm hub battles political capital over cattle and grains

Javier Monasterio, a rancher in Bolivia's lowland area of Santa Cruz, is feeling the economic hit of weeks-long protests and blockades since the dramatic arrest of the region's governor that has snarled domestic transport of grains and meat.

Reuters

Peru bans entry to former Bolivian president Morales, eight others

Peru has banned nine Bolivian citizens, including former president Evo Morales, from entering the country, the Peruvian interior ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Reuters

Peru's defense minister says 'separatist' foreigners spurring protest violence

Peru's Defense Minister Jorge Chavez on Thursday accused foreigners of stirring up protests with a view to encouraging separatism in the country's south, as tensions simmer after former President Pedro Castillo was ousted last month.

Miami Herald

In hearing closed to public, former Bolivian minister gets 6 years in Florida tear gas case

MIAMI — A former minister in the Bolivian government who has been in federal custody since 2021 was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Wednesday for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes through a Miami bank in exchange for steering an inflated tear-gas contract to a…

The Independent UK

Ex-Bolivia official receives stiff jail sentence for bribes

A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his country's government

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