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Bolivia's president accuses supporters of former leader Morales of seizing 3 military barracks

Nov. 01, 2024 18:15 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce on Friday condemned the seizure of three military units by supporters of former President Evo Morales, calling it “an absolutely reprehensible criminal act that is far from any legitimate social claim of the Indigenous peasant movement.” ...

Bolivia's former President Evo Morales claims his car was shot at in attempted assassination

Oct. 27, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened fire on his car. He was not injured in the alleged attack that quickly became the latest flashpoint in a power struggle between the ex-leader and his...

Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital

Sep. 22, 2024 21:21 PM EDT

EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation. The protesters...

AP Week in Pictures: Global

Sep. 20, 2024 03:44 AM EDT

Sept. 13-19, 2024 Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event. Argentina’s President Javier Milei sings the national anthem and a supermoon rises behind a horse statue in Russia. A Brazilian artist performs on a...

March for Bolivia's ex-President Morales turns violent, as political crisis escalates

Sep. 18, 2024 01:19 AM EDT

CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation. In his most...

Bolivia's iconic ex-President Morales calls for anti-government march as political fight escalates

Sep. 16, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's hugely popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national TV of trying to...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Aug. 23, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

Aug. 16 - Aug. 22, 2024 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado attended a rally in Caracas to protest the country's disputed election results. Trash collectors clean up the Christ the Redeemer statue on Rio de Janeiro's Corcovado Mountain. Bolivia's former President Evo...

Bolivia's president promises public votes on fuel subsidies and constitutionality of reelection

Aug. 06, 2024 22:54 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's socialist President Luis Arce said Tuesday national referenda would be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections, offering for the first time a concrete path out of the country's...