Tag: Evo Morales

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Bolivia breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba arguing Havana's “constant hostility”

  

  Bolivia on Friday announced it was breaking off diplomatic relations with long-time ally Cuba, the latest in a series of foreign policy reversals by the right-wing interim government.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  Trump senior advisor says Bolivia's Morales has become a headache for Argentina

  

  A senior adviser to president Trump said that former Bolivian leader Evo Morales has become a “headache” for Argentina. Mauricio Claver-Carone told the Bolivian newspaper Pagina Siete that Argentina should have focused on its economic issues instead of granting Morales asylum.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:31 UTC

  Morales backtracks on intention of creating armed civilian militias as in Venezuela if he returns to Bolivia

  

  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales backtracked on Thursday from a vow to create armed civilian militias similar to notorious 'colectivos' in Venezuela, were he to be allowed back to his homeland.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Bolivia interim government asks Argentina to disavow comments from ex president Evo Morales

  

  Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry has asked Argentina’s government to disavow comments by Bolivian former President Evo Morales, currently living in exile in Buenos Aires that called for the organization of armed militias in his home country.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  US not pleased with Alberto Fernandez foreign policy outlook

  

  The US government has warned Argentine president Alberto Fernandez that his first actions in foreign policy could endanger both IMF support as well as US investments in the country's energy sector.

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Spain/Bolivia/Mexico spat over an alleged attempt to rescue ex president Morales aids accused of sedition

  

  Bolivia accused Spain of an abortive attempt to extract a wanted former government aid from Mexico's embassy in La Paz, prompting a sharp denial from Madrid. It was the latest twist in a murky incident on Friday involving embassy personnel in the Bolivian capital that has sparked a bitter diplomatic spat.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Mexico/Bolivia spat over embassy security ring: both sides willing to take the case to The Hague

  

  Mexico's government said on Thursday it was appealing to the International Court of Justice to ensure its diplomatic facilities were respected in Bolivia following its decision to grant asylum to nine people there.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:25 UTC

  Morales claims he was ousted in a coup sponsored by the US aimed at taking over Bolivia's lithium resources

  

  Former Bolivia president Evo Morales told news agencies in Buenos Aires last Tuesday that he was forced from office by a United States-backed coup d'etat aimed at gaining access to the South American country's vast lithium resources.

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivia's interim government decides to join the Lima Group to address the Venezuela situation

  

  Bolivia on Sunday announced its entry into the Lima Group regional bloc that was set up to find a way out of the Venezuelan crisis. The Bolivian foreign ministry said in a statement that it hoped to “contribute to a peaceful, democratic and constitutional solution to the crisis in Venezuela, which must be guided by the Venezuelan people.”

• Saturday, December 14th 2019 - 19:16 UTC

  Consulates in Argentina operational bases for Bolivian electoral fraud

  

  Bolivian consulates throughout Argentina were used by the Evo Morales government to promote fraud in the October 20 elections, according to the report on the case by the Organization of American States (OAS), Foreign Minister Karen Longaric announced. She added consul Ademar Valda led the operation.