Bolivia to restore US ties cut nearly two decades ago: president-elect

La Paz – Bolivia’s new pro-business president-elect vowed Monday to renew diplomatic ties with Washington as the South American country veered right after nearly two decades under socialist rule blamed by many for its myriad economic woes. Rodrigo...

Bolivia’s Next President Targets Pragmatic Path Out of Crisis

“For the next six months things are going to look very positive. Many political actors in Bolivia are excited about the chance to move on from the MAS era,” said James Bosworth, founder of the political risk firm Hxagon. This honeymoon may not...

Bolivian church hopes for amicable ties with new president

(OSV News) – Bolivia has elected Rodrigo Paz as president, picking a centrist politician with a history of amicable church ties. His victory in the Oct. 19 runoff election ended two decades of governance under the Movement Toward Socialism party,...

Bolivia: The challenges facing Rodrigo Paz’s incoming government

The center-left candidate from the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Rodrigo Paz, secured victory with 54% of the votes, gaining nearly ten points over his rival, Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga. This triumph not only puts an end to two decades of dominance...

Arizona weighs groundwater regulation for La Paz County

Falling water levels are a threat to the aquifer in an agricultural region of western Arizona dominated by Saudi-owned farming conglomerate Fondomonte, state regulators told residents in a public meeting on Oct. 15. Land is subsiding in the...

ALBA suspends Bolivia’s incoming far-right government for reactionary positions

4 The member governments of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) have decided to suspend the incoming, far-right government that will be installed in the Plurinational State of Bolivia by the representative of the...

Bolivia Moves to Middle – But Doubts Remain About New President

The election of center-right Sen. Rodrigo Paz as president of Bolivia Sunday was inarguably the latest rejection of the leftist agenda that at one point dominated nearly all of Latin America. After 20 years of socialism under Presidents Evo...

Bolivia: The Challenges Facing Rodrigo Paz’s Government

Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz waves to supporters after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia on Sunday. Photo: Natacha Pisarenko/AP By Franz Flores Castro (Latinoamérica21) HAVANA TIMES...

Bolivia: Government prepares presidential transition

“The decree is being discussed at CONAPE during the transition because several issues, including the representation expenses, guests, and logistics, must be considered, and that is why the decree is being issued,” the vice minister affirmed. He...

President Maduro Warns Washington: “If They Touch Colombia, We Are One Homeland”

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has expressed full support for Colombian leader Gustavo Petro after Donald Trump accused him of drug trafficking and suspended U.S. aid to Bogotá, warning that any attack on Colombia would be considered a...

Typhoon Tino intensifies; Signal No. 4 raised over Visayas, including Cebu, Mindanao

TYPHOON Tino has further intensified while moving west northwestward over the east of Dinagat Islands as of 8 p.m. on Monday, November 3, 2025, according to Pagasa. As of 7 p.m., "Tino" was located 95 kilometers Southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar....

Bolivia elects center-right president

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6...

ALBA Suspends Bolivia’s Incoming Far-right Government

Heads of State and Government in the official photo of the XXIV ALBA TCP Summit. Representative image. Photo: X/ @ALBATCP October 25, 2025 Hour: 5:32 pm Member sates of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) decided to...

Bolivia Elects 'Capitalism for All' Candidate Rodrigo Paz President, Ending 20 Years of Socialism

Bolivian centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz became the president-elect of Bolivia after defeating conservative former President Jorge Quiroga in Sunday’s runoff election. Paz will succeed outgoing socialist President Luis Arce on November 8, ending two...

Bolivia shocker: dark horse comes out of nowhere to win presidency

Bolivia has elected centrist Rodrigo Paz as its new president, marking the country’s most significant political shift in nearly two decades. After a runoff on Sunday, Paz won 54.5 percent of the vote, ending the long dominance of the left-wing...

Bolivia to resume ties with US after almost 20 years

Bolivia's new center-right president-elect has said he would seek to reinstate diplomatic ties with the United States that were broken off nearly two decades ago under leftist ex-leader Evo Morales. "In the specific case of the United States......

Bolivia's President-elect Rodrigo Paz wants to reinstate diplomatic ties with Washington

Bolivia's new center-right president-elect said Monday he would seek to reinstate diplomatic ties with the United States that were broken off nearly two decades ago under leftist ex-leader Evo Morales.

‘Bolivia Burning’ Exposes the Role of Colonisers, Agribusiness in Causing Devastating Bushfires

By Ben Radford Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American Ecocide Directed by Tom Johnson The Gecko Project, 2025 52 min Last year, raging bushfires swept across large parts of South America, burning millions of hectares and claiming hundreds of...

Bolivia's future president to resume diplomatic ties with Washington

Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 08:08 UTC Paz's move will follow a 17-year hiatus under the leftist Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) Bolivia's president-elect, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, announced on Monday his intention to reestablish diplomatic relations...

Bolivia elects center-right Rodrigo Paz as president

Bolivians on Sunday elected a pro-business center-right senator as their new president, ending two decades of socialist rule that left the South American nation deep in economic crisis. With 97.8 percent of ballots counted, Rodrigo Paz had 54.6...