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's new president courts lithium investments

Bolivia’s new centrist president rekindled hope that the country’s lithium reserves may finally be exploited. State control of the industry under successive socialist governments has sidelined the foreign investment and know-how required to mine...

An electoral staffer opens a box containing voting materials before polls open for the presidential runoff election in La Paz on October 19, 2025

An Aymara woman prepares to cast her vote during the presidential runoff election, in Laja, some 30 km west of La Paz, on October 19, 2025

Bolivia's new conservative leader in 20 years promises warmer US ties

Bolivia's first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, injected a sharp note of realism into his plans to tackle an economic crisis Monday, a day after his surprise electoral victory signaled the end of decades of leftist rule in...

An Aymara woman prepares to cast her vote during the presidential runoff election, in Laja, some 30 km west of La Paz, on October 19, 2025

Bolivians headed to the polls Sunday to choose between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis.

Bolivia's new president rekindles cautious hope for stalled lithium dreams

Bolivia's election of centrist Rodrigo Paz is raising cautious hopes that a more market-friendly leader could pave the way for international investment in the country's ample lithium reserves after years of false starts under two decades of...

Bolivia: Streets fill with protesters after presidentialelection result;demands foraudit of Rodrigo Paz’s win​

Many young Bolivians joined the protests, saying they felt cheated. Student Pablo Perez, 23, said he could not accept the outcome. “What is outrageous is that there was fraud and the vote was not respected,” he said, as quoted by news agency AFP....

Bolivia’s film festival unites Latin America and the Caribbean

Upon officially inaugurating a program at Cinemateca in La Paz, on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Group (Grulac), which includes films from 13 nations in this region, she emphasized on the importance of artistic creation as a factor of...

Bolivia's new president rekindles cautious hope for long-stalled lithium dreams

Bolivia's election of centrist Rodrigo Paz is raising cautious hopes that a more market-friendly leader could pave the way for international investment in the country's ample lithium reserves after years of false starts under two decades of...

Bolivia Presidential Election 2025: PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Rodrigo Paz Pereira on His Win, Says ‘I Look Forward to Deepening Our Partnership’

New Delhi/La Paz, October 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Rodrigo Paz Pereira for his victory in the Presidential elections in Bolivia, asserting that he is looking forward to deepen partnership between both countries in...

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...

Bolivia’s President promises warmer US ties

Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, injected a sharp note of realism into his plans to tackle Bolivia’s economic crisis on Monday, a day after his surprise electoral victory signalled the end of decades of...

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...

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 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 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: 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 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 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.