Recent accusations of sexual abuse levied against the former president of Bolivia point to a pact of silence in service of the country’s political elite and a troubling history with the legal status of statutory rape
The former president says it is part of a persecution campaign by Luis Arce as both men fight for party control ahead of elections next year. Morales supporters in the coca-growing region warn there will be turmoil if he is apprehended
The Andean-Amazonian country has suffered the most coups d’état in the world since 1950. Wednesday’s short-lived attempt is the latest episode in its turbulent history
The country has endured 11 days of protests since the former president was banned from running again, even as the crisis over elections to choose new judges deepens
The ex-leader of Bolivia, who is already serving another sentence for the overthrow of Evo Morales, will be tried as an ordinary citizen
The former head of government shows his strength in a party congress with his faithful in the midst of his fight with Arce for the leadership of the left
The construction of a new gas pipeline in Argentina is of concern to the Andean country, which is losing one of its main export markets as it struggles with its first economic crisis in decades.
The Asian giant recently announced stepped-up investments in the Andean country, but experts warn against conflating political allegiances with economic interests
The discovery of 484 kg of drugs on a plane at Barajas airport has prompted the La Paz government to acknowledge that drug trafficking has ‘permeated’ its institutions
The alumni association of the Juan XXIII school in Cochabamba, the epicenter of the Company’s pedophilia scandal, attacks the Truth Commission presented by the Government. ‘It is only made up of public officials’
An agreement with a Chinese company, accusations of nepotism, and clashes with Washington are the backdrop to current global competition for reserves of the mineral, which is vital for electric gadgets and cars
