Bolivia

Bible vs indigenous beliefs at issue in Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hoisting a large leather Bible above her head, Bolivia’s new interim president delivered an emphatic message hours after Evo Morales...
16:08 24 January 2022

Bible versus indigenous beliefs at issue in Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hoisting a large leather Bible above her head, Bolivia’s new interim president delivered an emphatic message hours after Evo Morales...
16:05 24 January 2022

Evo Morales’ backers leaving barricades after Bolivia deal

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Supporters of ousted President Evo Morales began abandoning barricades set up on roads leading into Bolivia’s main cities after an a...
3:44 23 November 2021

Bolivia’s crisis exposes old racial, geographic divides

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s increasingly violent political crisis is exposing historical racial, ethnic and geographic divides that many thought had b...
5:03 17 November 2021

Bolivian interim leader meets UN envoy amid violence fears

SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s interim president met with a U.N. envoy to discuss the country’s crisis Saturday, a day after security forces fired on sup...
23:43 16 November 2021

Bolivia: 5 dead in clashes challenging interim government

SACABA, Bolivia — Bolivian security forces clashed with supporters of former President Evo Morales in a central town Friday, leaving at least five peo...
4:37 16 November 2021

AP Interview: Evo Morales wants UN mediation in Bolivia

MEXICO CITY — Bolivia’s Evo Morales on Friday called for the United Nations, and possibly Pope Francis, to mediate in the Andean nation’s political cr...
4:44 15 November 2021

Bolivian interim leader says Morales can’t run in new vote

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales cannot run as a candidate in any new elections, but his political party can, the country’s in...
18:39 14 November 2021

Clashes rock Bolivia as new interim leader challenged

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Renewed clashes rocked Bolivia’s capital on Wednesday as the country’s newly declared interim president, a second-tier lawmaker thru...
20:48 13 November 2021

Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the c...
1:59 13 November 2021

Morales says he’s headed for Mexico as clashes rock Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former Bolivian President Evo Morales said Monday he was headed for Mexico after being granted asylum there, as his supporters and f...
2:32 12 November 2021

The Latest: Morales says he’s leaving Bolivia for Mexico

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The latest on the political crisis in Bolivia (all times local):
1:43 12 November 2021

AP Explains: Did a coup force Bolivia’s Evo Morales out?

BOGOTA, Colombia — Did Bolivia experience a coup or the culmination of a popular movement demanding a president's resignation?
23:36 11 November 2021

The Latest: Bolivian police detain electoral court officials

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The latest on the political crisis in Bolivia (all times local):
0:23 11 November 2021

Bolivia’s president resigns amid election-fraud allegations

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victor...
21:41 10 November 2021

New challenge for Bolivian president as police abandon posts

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Police guards outside Bolivia's presidential palace abandoned their posts Saturday, increasing pressure on President Evo Morales as ...
4:08 10 November 2021

AP Explains: Why is Evo Morales facing protests in Bolivia?

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia is being wracked by its biggest protests in decades following a disputed Oct. 20 election in which President Evo Morales dec...
5:01 8 November 2021

Bolivia says OAS team to audit disputed election

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's government said Wednesday the Organization of American States is sending a 30-person team to launch a "binding" audit of a...
21:42 30 October 2021

Bolivia reveals final vote results, but no winner declared

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's official vote tally was revealed Friday pointing to an outright win for incumbent Evo Morales in a disputed presidential e...
0:40 26 October 2021

Morales declares victory in Bolivia as foes keep protesting

LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales on Thursday declared himself victor of the weekend election, stirring more anger among his opponents who have ...
3:00 25 October 2021