Tag: Evo Morales

• Wednesday, October 4th 2017 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolivian army veterans refuse to attend 50th anniversary of “Che” Guevara's death

  

  A row has broken out in Bolivia between the government and army veterans over the 50th anniversary of the death of the Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The Bolivian government is planning a series of commemorations next week in the presence of foreign guests.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 08:38 UTC

  Morales highlights Bolivian independence from the IMF and World Bank

  

  President Evo Morales has highlighted the total Bolivian independence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), which have carried out “devastating economic policies for many years” in this South American nation.

• Saturday, July 22nd 2017 - 08:39 UTC

  Venezuelan situation overshadows Mercosur presidential summit

  

  The members of Mercosur trade bloc called for an end to violence in Venezuela in a joint statement on Friday. However again opinions were divided: while Brazil and Argentina sponsored a more explicit warning to President Nicolas Maduro and his regime, Uruguay had it redrafted in a more conciliatory tone and Paraguay finally came out with a compromise option.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 07:04 UTC

  Morales accuses Chile of violating International Court of Justice rules

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales accused his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, of violating rules of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague by “revealing” the content of the report filed by that country in the dispute over the use of the Silala River, while causing an “unnecessary” conflict in the media.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:18 UTC

  Morales vocal cords surgery in Cuba, a success says Bolivian government

  

  Doctors in Cuba removed a benign node from the vocal cords of Bolivia's President Evo Morales, the Bolivian government said.

• Thursday, March 9th 2017 - 21:33 UTC

  Bolivia expands legal coca crop area by 12.000 hectares

  

  Bolivia passed a controversial measure on Wednesday to expand production of coca, the raw material for cocaine. Leftist president Evo Morales dismissed warnings that an increase in coca crops would fuel the illegal drug trade.

• Friday, March 3rd 2017 - 11:55 UTC

  Bolivian president rushed to Cuba for medical attention is recovering with “positive outlook”

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales has been treated for a throat viral infection in Cuba and will stay on the Caribbean island for several days of medical observation, Bolivia's Vice President and acting head of state Alvaro Garcia Linera said on Thursday.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 09:33 UTC

  Evo says he didn't know LAMIA was Bolivian, but flew doomed aircraft a fortnight before

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales Friday admitted that LAMIA's general manager Gustavo Vargas Gamboa used to be one of his pilots but added that he did not know what he was working as after his retirement from the Air Force. He even denied knowing LAMIA was operating under Bolivian registration. A LAMIA British Aerospace 146 - RJ 85 crashed Monday night in Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people onboard including five Bolivian nationals, although most victims were from the Brazilian Chapecoense football club.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:42 UTC

  Bolivia: Evo Morales admits he is not ready to go home in 2019

  

  Despite what most Bolivians voted for on February 21, that is against the incumbent president being eligible to run for yet another re-election,

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 19:28 UTC

  Petrobras signs US$ 1.2bn contract for natural gas exploration in southern Bolivia

  

  Executives of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and Bolivian counterpart YPFB signed this week a contract for a US$1.2 billion natural-gas exploration venture in southern Bolivia. Bolivian President Evo Morales and Brazil's minister of mines and energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, traveled to Bolivia's eastern city of Santa Cruz for the signing ceremony.