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Bolivian Physician Who Directed Furosemide Use For Swimmer Receives Six-Year Ban

Bolivian Physician Who Directed Furosemide Use For Swimmer Receives Six-Year Ban

The International Testing Agency (ITA), in conjunction with World Aquatics, has sanctioned Bolivian physician Dr. Matheus Das Neves Borgo with a six-year period of ineligibility following violations of anti-doping regulations. The decision comes...

President Maduro: A Call for Peace Amid Escalating Conflict

President Maduro: A Call for Peace Amid Escalating Conflict

June 23, 2025 Hour: 10:06 pm In a world increasingly characterized by tensions and conflict, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has raised urgent alarms regarding the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. During his TV show “Con Maduro +,” he...

Chinese President to Miss BRICS Summit for First Time

Chinese President to Miss BRICS Summit for First Time

(MENAFN) China confirmed on Wednesday that President Xi Jinping will not be attending this month’s BRICS summit, marking the first time he will miss the annual gathering of major emerging economies. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China...

Panamanian President to attend Mercosur Summit in Argentina

Panamanian President to attend Mercosur Summit in Argentina

According to a joint statement from Palacio de las Garzas (headquarters of the Executive), this block of countries represents the fifth largest economy in the world and the first in Latin America, with more than 271 million inhabitants and a Gross...

Bolivia says US attacks on Iran were “arbitrary”

Bolivia says US attacks on Iran were “arbitrary”

Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC Bolivia's links with Iran go beyond a mutual friendship Bolivia's President Luis Arce Catacora and the South American country's government condemned the US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow,...

A Communist Wins the Left Primary in Chile and Prepares to Battle the Right in the Presidential Election in November

A Communist Wins the Left Primary in Chile and Prepares to Battle the Right in the Presidential Election in November

By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Tues. July 1, 2025: Jeanette Jara, born 1974, prevailed in the Chilean presidential primary of the four major left political forces held on 29 June 2025. With 60% of the vote,...

Highlights: RB Salzburg 1-2 Derby County in 2025 Friendly Game

Highlights: RB Salzburg 1-2 Derby County in 2025 Friendly Game

EVENT ENDED Best moments and summary from Derby County's friendly win over RB Salzburg in 2025. The visitors put in a great first half, but despite their efforts, the hosts dominated the second half, but it wasn't enough to secure a draw. Photo:...

Opposition candidates lead polls for Bolivia's presidential election

Opposition candidates lead polls for Bolivia's presidential election

With fewer than 45 days until Bolivia’s presidential election, politician and businessman Samuel Doria Medina (C) , leader of Unidad Nacional, a center-left social democratic party, is leading the polls with 19.6% support. File Photo by Gabriel...

Getafe vs Preston LIVE Score Updates (0-0)

Getafe vs Preston LIVE Score Updates (0-0)

End of transmission We are leaving! It has been a pleasure to bring you the coverage of the match between Getafe and Preston North End in the Friendly. We thank you for your company. Don't forget to stay tuned to VAVEL.com to keep up to date with...

UNOOSA and Exolaunch Enable Satellite Launches for Bolivia, Guatemala, Jordan, and Nepal

UNOOSA and Exolaunch Enable Satellite Launches for Bolivia, Guatemala, Jordan, and Nepal

This groundbreaking initiative, part of UNOOSA's Access to Space for All program, includes fully funded launch slots for each mission and underscores the growing global interest in space and the need for practical launch opportunities for emerging...

Stroble decision: OK Supreme Court rejects income tax appeal, declines to extend McGirt to civil law

Stroble decision: OK Supreme Court rejects income tax appeal, declines to extend McGirt to civil law

The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a decision by the Oklahoma Tax Commission today and found that Muscogee Nation citizen Alicia Stroble is subject to state income taxation, declining to extend the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision’s application to...

Paraguay promoted as tourism destination for Bolivian travelers

Paraguay promoted as tourism destination for Bolivian travelers

Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 07:00 UTC The Asunción-Santa Cruz air route is operated by both Paranair and Boliviaana de Aviación (BoA) Officials of Paraguay’s National Secretariat of Tourism (Senatur) conducted a trade mission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia,...

Was It a Coup—or a Show? Bolivia Still Doesn’t Know

Was It a Coup—or a Show? Bolivia Still Doesn’t Know

One year after armored vehicles rammed the wooden doors of Bolivia’s old presidential palace, the country still can’t agree on what happened. Was it an attempted coup—or political theater? The answer may shape August’s election and the historical...

New Tennessee law would criminalize aiding undocumented immigrants, sparking legal concern

New Tennessee law would criminalize aiding undocumented immigrants, sparking legal concern

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee law set to go into effect Tuesday will make harboring undocumented migrants a crime. But a lawsuit filed on Friday is trying to stop the law, claiming it would have far-reaching consequences. Senate Bill 392 makes...

Bolivia's Labor Minister Rodriguez dies, authorities launch probe

Bolivia's Labor Minister Rodriguez dies, authorities launch probe

(Reuters) -Bolivian Labor Minister Erland Rodriguez Lafuente has died, prompting authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, the government said on Saturday in a statement shared on social media. President...

Preserving herbs

Preserving herbs

In last week’s column, I talked about harvesting basil at the NC Cooperative Extension office’s garden at the Government Center in Bolivia. We have a great crop that needed to be picked. We made and froze over 14 cups of pesto. But this led to the...

Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries

Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries

Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said Monday. A Level 3 travel alert,...

S. Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries

S. Korea to raise travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba, lowers alerts for 4 countries

SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will raising the travel alert for Bolivia's Cochabamba region starting next month, due to growing instability from intensifying anti-government protests and rising organized crime, the foreign ministry said...

Sube a 74 el número de casos de sarampión en Bolivia, donde se mantiene la emergencia sanitaria

Sube a 74 el número de casos de sarampión en Bolivia, donde se mantiene la emergencia sanitaria

Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español El número de casos de sarampión detectados en Bolivia subió esta semana de 60 a 74, informó este domingo el viceministro de Promoción, Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Medicina Tradicional, Max Enríquez. Del total de...

Eloro Resources Amends Payment Schedule for Iska Iska Silver-Tin Polymetallic Project, Potosi Department, Bolivia

Eloro Resources Amends Payment Schedule for Iska Iska Silver-Tin Polymetallic Project, Potosi Department, Bolivia

TORONTO, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSX: ELO; OTCQX: ELRRF; FSE: P2QM) (“Eloro”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, by mutual agreement with Empresa Minera Villegas S.R.L. (“Minera Villegas”), the title...

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