Tag: David Choquehuanca

• Friday, April 25th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Bolivian VP nominated for UN top position

  

  Bolivia’s Unity Pact, representing 36 indigenous-peasant nations, has nominated Vice President David Choquehuanca as an indigenous candidate for UN Secretary-General during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York. The nomination aligns with the Latin American and Caribbean region’s turn for the position.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 23:03 UTC

  Bolivian VP wants El Cóndor Pasa to become second national anthem

  

  Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca Wednesday suggested that the En Cóndor Pasa melody be added as a second national anthem in addition to the current one, in a move to reflect the country's plurinational nature.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolivian VP bows to pressure, agrees to take a COVID-19 vaccine

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca finally agreed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite ratifying that taking the jab in voluntary in Bolivia and that he has already overcome the disease.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:37 UTC

  Unvaccinated Bolivian VP does not intend to take the treatment

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca has not taken any COVID-19 vaccine and said he did not intend to either, it was reported Thursday.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Malcorra in Bolivia holds talks on energy, drug trafficking, science development and South Atlantic Islands

  

  Issues related to energy, drug trafficking and border controls, science and technology development, plus support for the South Atlantic Islands and adjoining maritime spaces claim, were among the main issues addressed by Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra during her visit to Bolivia where she met president Evo Morales and her peer David Choquehuanca Cespedes.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 04:36 UTC

  Evo Morales' estate 12.67 percent higher than in 2012

  

  President's affidavit before the State's General Comptrollership raises questions on how he amassed 437,787 US dollars. Opposition says he should have turned poorer, living on a public servant salary.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:19 UTC

  Brazilian foreign minister removed following diplomatic incident with Bolivia

  

  Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota has stepped down and will be replaced by the current representative before United Nations Ambassador Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado, it was confirmed Monday evening by the spokesperson from President Dilma Rousseff’s office.

• Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:22 UTC

  All four EU countries involved in the Morales plane incident have officially apologized

  

  Italy and Portugal have officially apologized for involvement in illegally re-routing the plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this month during a flight home from Moscow. On 3 July a number Western European countries closed their airspace to the presidential aircraft on a false suspicion that leaker of US electronic spying Edward Snowden was onboard, forcing the plane to land in Vienna.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2013 - 06:26 UTC

  Bolivia wants EU ambassadors to reveal who said Snowden was aboard Morales plane

  

  Bolivia demanded France, Portugal, Spain and Italy reveal who told them that former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden was aboard President Evo Morales' flight from Moscow last week.