Tag: #Bolivia
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Bolivia gets back to normal after weeks of unrest
La Paz, Nov 26 (AFP/APP): Bolivia slowly resumed normal activities on Monday, with schools and businesses reopening after weeks of disruptive protests, as the country prepares for new elections without ex-president Evo Morales. Traffic was heavy in La Paz, the epicenter of demonstrations that have raged since a disputed October 20 presidential election, after gas…
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Bolivia’s Congress approves law for new elections without Morales
La Paz, Nov 24 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s Congress approved a bill Saturday that opens the door to new elections without ex-president Evo Morales, as the caretaker government met with protesters to end weeks of unrest. At least 32 people have been killed in violence that erupted after a disputed election on October 20, with protesters’ blockades…
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Bolivia’s president asks Congress to approve law for new elections
La Paz, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez asked Congress Wednesday to approve a law that would allow for new elections, after deadly unrest following the resignation of Evo Morales and the disputed October 20 ballot. The announcement comes after the number of people killed in clashes with security forces at a fuel…
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Three dead as Bolivian military lifts fuel blockade
La Paz, Nov 20 (AFP/APP): Three protesters were killed and 30 wounded in clashes Tuesday with Bolivian security forces lifting an opposition blockade of fuel supplies to La Paz, the public ombudsman’s office reported. Troops and police had moved to lift the siege on a fuel plant in El Alto by supporters of ex-president Evo…
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Catholic Church in Bolivia seeks talks to quell violence
La Paz, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): Thousands of supporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales flocked onto the streets of La Paz on Monday to demand the resignation of his interim replacement, as the influential Catholic Church called for a national dialogue to end more than a month of violent protests in which 23 people have died.…
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Bolivian leader says elections will be called soon
La Paz, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim president said Sunday she will call new elections soon, as the country struggles with violent unrest a week after the resignation of Evo Morales. “Very soon we will announce news regarding our main mandate: calling transparent elections,” Jeanine Anez said in a speech at the presidential palace. She…
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Gas, food running short in Bolivia amid protests
La Paz, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Bolivian taxi driver Carlos Lara has spent three nights sleeping in his car at a service station, hoping that gas supplies held up by supporters of ex-president Evo Morales will make it through. “No gas, no work,” the 72-year-old Lara said Sunday as supporters of Morales continued to block a…
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Four more deaths in Bolivia protests: rights commission
La Paz, Nov 17 (AFP/APP): Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, raising the total number killed in the political unrest to 23, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Saturday. The new deaths were announced after five protesters were killed in clashes with security forces on Friday in central Bolivia, a political…
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Bolivia interim leader threatens Morales with charges
La Paz, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez said Friday that exiled ex-president Evo Morales would have to “answer to justice” if he returns, as five of his supporters were killed in fierce clashes with security forces. Morales resigned and fled to Mexico after losing the support of Bolivia’s security forces following weeks…
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Bolivia interim president rules out Morales election bid
La Paz, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Anez on Thursday ruled out exiled leader Evo Morales from standing in new elections as thousands of demonstrators marched through La Paz in support of the socialist icon and against the new, acting leader. Columns of people streamed into the seat of government La Paz from…