Bolivia orders arrest of Evo Morales for failing to appear at child trafficking trial
The former president, who is in hiding in the Chapare coca-growing region, is accused of impregnating a minor while he was in office
Rodrigo Paz and Tuto Quiroga will compete for the Bolivian presidency in October
The Christian Democratic Party candidate pulled off a surprise victory, winning the most votes in the first round ahead of the former president. The left is out of the power struggle for the first time in 20 years
The Evo Morales case: When sexual violence against women gets stuck in the political mud
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
Bolivian prosecutors issue arrest warrant against Evo Morales, accused of raping a teen
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
Coups, riots and insurrections: Bolivia, a political volcano in constant eruption
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
Total war between Bolivia’s former allies: road blocks led by Evo Morales stifle the government of Luis Arce
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
Bolivian prosecutors seek 30 years for former president Jeanine Áñez over 2019 Sacaba and Senkata massacres
The ex-leader of Bolivia, who is already serving another sentence for the overthrow of Evo Morales, will be tried as an ordinary citizen
Evo Morales’ party expels President Luis Arce and deepens political war in Bolivia
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
Bolivia loses ground as gas exporter in South America
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.
Bolivia looks to China amid its first economic crisis in two decades
The Asian giant recently announced stepped-up investments in the Andean country, but experts warn against conflating political allegiances with economic interests
Flight to Madrid carrying half a ton of cocaine exposes network of collusion between government and drug traffickers in Bolivia
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
Victims who were sexually abused in Bolivia’s Jesuit schools make their voices heard: ‘We don’t matter to the politicians’
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’
From a meeting with Stiglitz to tensions with the US: Luis Arce changes the course of lithium politics in Bolivia
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
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