News of referendum

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Court disqualifies Evo Morales from running for Bolivia's Senate

21-02-2020 07:58 Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Thursday rejects former president's candidacy for a Senate seat in May's elections because he does not reside in the South American country, a decision the ousted leader called a “blow to democracy.”

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivian candidate Camacho calls for anti-Morales alliance in election

19-02-2020 08:44 Right-winger Luis Fernando Camacho is one of seven presidential candidates, all but one of whom are centrists or conservatives. Luis Arce, the candidate for Morales's Movement for Socialism (MAS), leads polls with 31.6 percent.

CREATING NARRATIVES

Iran, Nisman and Netflix

11-01-2020 09:24 Documentaries can have such great power when it comes to building political narratives, much greater than that of journalism.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

THE DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Nisman, AMIA & the never-ending story

11-01-2020 08:03 The most basic details regarding Alberto Nisman’s demise have become the centre of an ideological conflict that should instead be purely criminalistic and scientific.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Trump sending aid mission to Bolivia ahead of election

08-01-2020 09:06 US government considering possible resumption of foreign aid to the Andean nation following the ouster of leftist leader Evo Morales.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Netflix show returns Alberto Nisman to spotlight

04-01-2020 08:01 Five years on from his death, new documentary arrives with six chapters of an hour, featuring dozens of testimonies – including that of current President Alberto Fernández, researchers, spies, FBI and CIA agents and unpublished images.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Evo Morales: Washington orchestrated 'coup' to tap Bolivia's lithium

26-12-2019 11:08 Ex-Bolivian leader said Washington had not "forgiven" his country for choosing to seek lithium extraction partnerships with Russia and China, rather than the United States.

Chile Protests

Chileans to vote in referendum on new constitution in April 2020

15-11-2019 16:55 After weeks of protests, President Sebastián Piñera has announced a referendum on constitutional reforms to be held in April 2020.

BREAKING NEWS

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces resignation

10-11-2019 18:04 Underfire president announces resignation in a televised statement, barely an hour after the commander of the country's Armed Forces asked him to resign "for the good of our Bolivia."

SUPREME COURT

Ex-Colombia president Álvaro Uribe questioned on witness tampering

08-10-2019 13:32 Colombia's powerful former president appears before Supreme Court for questioning in a case involving alleged witness tampering.

NATIONAL DILEMMA

Government rules out referendum on abortion reform

11-08-2018 12:29 The government says it will not consider holding a referendum, following the Senate’s rejection of a bill to legalise the procedure up until the 14th week of pregnancy.