Tag: Luis Arce

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur

  

  Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Falklands/Malvinas claim and trade accords and negotiations with other countries.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  New Bolivian government reestablishes diplomatic ties with Venezuela and Iran

  

  Bolivia's new president, Luis Arce, has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela, receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday, just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Bolivian president takes office promising to rebuild the country in unity and peace

  

  Luis Arce was sworn in as Bolivia’s new president on Sunday, bringing to a close a turbulent period characterized by political and social turmoil after former president Evo Morales left the government in November following a disputed election.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Syncretism celebration in Bolivia on the Day of the Skulls

  

  Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivia's miracle architect now faces the challenge of scarce funds and managing austerity

  

  Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the political spectrum as a young teenager in La Paz, when he picked up the writings of philosopher Karl Marx.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Conservatives in Bolivia protest against the inauguration of president elect Arce

  

  Conservative opponents of Bolivia's center-left president-elect Luis Arce have announced a two-day strike from Thursday protesting alleged electoral fraud. The strike is taking place across the eastern department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic hub as well as home to its biggest city.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 07:57 UTC

  Bolivia's congress recommends lawsuit against out-going conservative interim president Jeanine Añez

  

  Bolivia's Congress, controlled by the socialist party of the former indigenous President Evo Morales, approved on Thursday night a report that recommends a lawsuit against outgoing right-wing President Jeanine Añez for genocide and other alleged crimes.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Ex Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protestors called for a “military junta”

  

  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales called for calm after several hundred right-wing protesters demanded that a “military junta” replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

  

  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina

  

  Bolivia's president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country.