Tag: Evo Morales

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October

  

  Bolivia's general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolivia's October presidential election: no statistical support for claims of vote fraud

  

  The following article was published by The Washington Post, based on a report from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab political scientists John Curiel and Jack R Williams (*)

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Havana claims Bolivia suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba pressured by Trump

  

  A day after Bolivia suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba, Havana accused its interim government of having sought to sabotage bilateral ties ever since it took power last year, partly under pressure from the Trump administration.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolivian interim president tosses her hat into the May 3 election ring

  

  Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez said on Friday that she will be a candidate in upcoming elections that will serve as a re-run of October’s disputed vote that sparked protests and prompted former leader Evo Morales to resign.

• 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.