The grouping, made up of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa, is a challenge to the West on Israel’s war in Gaza
South Africa spearheading a Global South coalition to enforce international law against Israel will attract a backlash but it’s the right thing to do
This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia
The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation
Seven right-wing governments have been defeated, while Brazil is set to join the wave of liberation next month
Pushback from strong social movements have recovered democracy for the people of Bolivia and Chile
Police must distinguish between those acting violently and other protesters when using force
Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes
When the military intervened against Mugabe in Zimbabwe in 2017, it wasn’t widely called a coup. New research shows that’s exactly what it was
Protests convulse global politics, but it’s what happens when they die down that can make a real difference
As chanting Bolivians kept up demonstrations in the street, the 60-year-old called new elections, but this was not enough to calm the uproar
The world is giving its reaction to the attempted coup in Venezuela
Austrian officials did not search Bolivia’s presidential jet for Edward Snowden, says Austria’s President Heinz Fischer.
Latin American leaders have blasted the US for rerouting the Bolivian president’s plane under suspicion that Edward Snowden was aboard.
The decision to search the plane of President Evo Morales was an act of aggression and a violation of international law, Bolivia has said.
Bolivia’s president’s plane was diverted on a flight from Russia and forced to land in Austria over suspicions that Edward Snowden might be on board.
From the Cuban missile crisis to a fossil fuels frenzy, the powerhouse appears to be intent on winning the race to disaster.
Cristina Fernandez (Kirchner) begins a second four-year term as Argentina’s President with the country’s economy shadowed by the financial crisis.
Bolivia is set to pass the world’s first laws granting nature equal rights with humans.
Almost 200 nations sought to break a deadlock between rich and poor on steps to fight global warming.
China accused some developed nations on Friday at the UN climate talks of seeking to kill the Kyoto Protocol pact to curb global warming.
A knee to the groin may be more Vinnie Jones than Machiavelli, but it was no less effective for Evo Morales in asserting his presidential authority.
Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday he had nationalised four power companies, including a subsidiary of France’s GDF Suez.
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/ 13 September 2008
Bolivia declared martial law on Friday in a remote Amazon region where at least 15 people were shot dead in a wave of political violence.
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/ 11 September 2008
Bolivia remains patriarchal and girls and women still lag in literacy and opportunities compared to those in neighbouring Argentina and Chile, which h
Sunlight glinted off the lake, a scenic expanse on the roof of South America, and Bolivia’s navy was busy perfecting the art of yearning.
Bolivia’s richest region of Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly for autonomy on Sunday in a referendum widely seen as a rejection of President Evo Morales’ leftist reforms, exit polls showed. The ballot was the first of four referendums on greater autonomy from central government being planned by eastern provinces.
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/ 3 February 2008
Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in southern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina, with nearly 50 people killed and thousands made homeless, triggering international humanitarian aid to the region. It is estimated that more than 30 000 families in Bolivia have been affected by the floods.
The bearded image of guerrilla leader Ernesto ”Che” Guevara has become a pop icon splashed on mugs, T-shirts and even bikinis 40 years after his death, and Vallegrande, a Bolivian town, is out to cash in on the marketing frenzy. In central Bolivia, where Guevara battled the army before he was captured and killed, tour operators offer a chance to retrace his final steps on the ”Che Trail”.
In the land of Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s last stand, Bolivians are preparing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the revolutionary’s death with a mixture of honour and hatred. For many here, the Argentine-born doctor-turned-guerrilla leader who was executed at age 39 remains an iconic hero.
On the edge of the world’s biggest salt desert, villagers optimistically scrawl ”salt for sale” signs on their mud-brick homes. In backyards, mountains of the stuff are heaped like year-round snow drifts. But mining salt is no longer the only way to survive in this cold, arid corner of south-western Bolivia.
The Bolivian government pushed ahead with its moves to re-nationalise its energy industry, ordering foreign financial companies to surrender control over shares they administer for a public pension fund. The Bolivian government on Monday gave Spanish Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, and Futuro SA of Swiss Zurich Financial Services three days to hand over the assets they administer for a fund used to pay pensions.