Bolivia’s former president believes the protests against incumbent Rodrigo Paz will not be resolved through military intervention: ‘If he wants to avoid bloodshed, elections should be held’
Despite allegedly huge natural gas reserves, a lack of exploration and manipulated figures have exhausted the system that sustained the country for two decades, leading to widespread protests
Dioceses and orders keep the same wall of silence and opacity they have shown for eight years: EL PAÍS asked 211 entities again about the handling of the cases and only three replied
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hardens his tone on the protests in Bolivia and links demonstrators to criminals and drug traffickers
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau spoke with the Andean country’s president, Rodrigo Paz, in a show of support
A report warns of the environmental and social impact of at least 28 mining-related projects that have deepened the relationship between the region and the Asian giant despite Trump’s efforts to sever those ties
The former president, who is in hiding in the Chapare coca-growing region, is accused of impregnating a minor while he was in office
The April event in Ivory Coast broke records with the presence of 320 festival programmers from 72 countries, showcasing the vigor of creativity on the continent
A German foundation is taking the pulse of the region, which has become the main stage for the power struggle between the two superpowers
UNESCO recently highlighted a series of 17th-century documents. These reveal that the trafficking of Africans to exploit Bolivia’s Cerro Rico was the origin of the Black community in the country
In 2022, the cartel leader was linked to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci
The country where the Argentinian revolutionary was assassinated has changed a street name honoring him, decorated his executioners, and launched a campaign to remove his face from sight
A global study based on the collective biocultural memory of 10 local communities in Latin America, Asia, and Africa warns of the environmental and cultural impact of the ongoing loss of biodiversity
A book that compiles the recovery of ancestral recipes from the Americas, from Canada to the Amazon, maps strategies in the face of climate change and agribusiness
The National Museum of Art of Bolivia has opened a permanent gallery showcasing the work of the artist who used his work as a tool for social struggle and subversion
Their history marked by cultural seclusion, the people of a tropical Bolivian region publish the most complete work in their language to-date
Mexican psychologist Tanya Duarte, Argentine teacher Miriam Gomes, and Bolivian engineer Juan Carlos Ballivián share their firsthand accounts of what it is like to live in countries that are not traditionally associated with African heritage
Schedule I of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs limits the possibility of scientific research and the exploration of alternative uses
Bolivian director Raquel Maldonado Villafuerte has rescued up to 7,000 pages of handwritten scores in the Amazonian village of San Ignacio de Moxos
From the United States to the Andes or Brazil, the project brings together portraits of older people living in regions affected by global warming and explains how they are coping with it
The return of the US anti-drug agency, as decided by President Rodrigo Paz, raises tensions with coca growers loyal to Evo Morales
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president-elect of the Andean country says that he considers himself a centrist politician
The son of the country’s former head of state, Bolivia’s election winner gained support among voters who abandoned Evo Morales’s MAS party
The center-right candidate wins the second round with 54.5% of the votes over the conservative Jorge Tuto Quiroga
Paraguay has become a paradise for cheap energy, and communities like Santa Lucía de Villarrica are suffering from its dark side
Over the past 20 years, the home ownership rate in many countries in the region has fallen by as much as 15 to 20 percentage points
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
