Bolivian government officials

Upon arrival in Havana, the Bolivian president affirmed that Cuba can count on the full support and solidarity of the people and government he represents. Evo Morales Ayma, president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, arrived in Havana for an official visit, during which he will carry out various activities ...

New Delhi: Tata Chemicals Ltd is looking at business opportunities related to the exploration and import of lithium from Bolivia to India and possibly to other ... which has the largest deposits of lithium in the world, and held meetings with government officials there, two people aware of the development said.

The Colorado Party has led Paraguay with only a few interruptions since the mid-20th Century. The landlocked nation of about 7 million people borders Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Election officials reported no serious disturbances during the balloting, though a woman was detained for hitting Abdo in the ...

Authorities from Bolivia and India agreed to strengthen and increase bilateral relations in various areas. Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni and Indian Railways Minister Rajen Gohain held an important meeting on Saturday during the official visit of the high-level government delegation of that ...

... situation prevailing in Bolivian-Peruvian ties, which have been strengthened by the meetings between authorities from both countries. The meeting was attended by foreign ministers Fernando Huancahuani, from Bolivia, and Nestor Popolizio, from Peru, as well as other officials from the two countries.

Bolivia's U.N. ambassador, who has called an emergency Security Council meeting on the threat of an attack on Syria, said he wants all members to agree ... Officials from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office say the Turkish leader and Russia's Vladimir Putin have discussed the latest developments in ...

Bolivia has asked for emergency consultations of the U.N. Security Council on “the threats of unilateral military action” against Syria. Bolivia's U.N. Ambassador Sacha Llorentty Soliz, who has supported Russia on Syria in council votes, said he requested a briefing from a senior U.N. official during closed ...

Morales has since decided to run for reelection next year after a December 2017 Supreme Court ruling abolishing term limits for Bolivian elected officials. As social scientists who specialize in Latin America, we understand the temptation now to compare Bolivia with Venezuela. Both countries have ...

Plaintiffs at Goni's Trial in Fort Lauderdale, Florida hold posters of their family members who were killed at the hands of the state in the Bolivian Gas War in 2003. (Noah Friedman-Rudovsky). On Tuesday, a jury in a U.S. federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida decided that Bolivia's former President Gonzalo ...

Local authorities began getting reports in 2014 of trade in the animal in the northeastern area of Beni, according to Rodrigo Herrera, an advisor to Bolivia's directorate of Biodiversity at the Environment Ministry. He says the increased presence of Chinese nationals in the South American country has ...

The jury found against former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, and his former defense minister, Jose Carlos Sanchez Berzain. Both have been living in the U.S. after fleeing Bolivia in 2003. Lawyers for the two former officials vowed to seek to have the verdict overturned. In the lawsuit ...

BCSO officials said no charges will be filed in the case. This is the second incident of this type to happen in Bolivia this year. An investigation into a Jan. 17 shooting revealed the shot came from a BB gun accidentally discharged by a child in the neighborhood near the intersection of Jones Street and Green ...

9, 2017, the children, together with their parents, other adults, authorities and park rangers, participated in the crowning activity of the Quelonio Project: the release of 2,500 yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) into the Maniqui River, in San Borja in Bolivia's Beni department. The baby ...

"We'll show the International Court of Justice and all people on the planet that our cause is just, reasonable and sound," President Evo Morales said after flying over the flag in a helicopter. Bolivian officials say the Bolivian Navy ensign held by participants on Saturday is the world's biggest — or at least ...

People wave a portion of a giant Bolivian Naval flag on the highway between Oruro and La Paz Bolivia, Saturday, March 10, 2018. A narrow strip of ... Bolivian officials say the Bolivian Navy ensign held by participants along a highway on Saturday is the world's biggest — or at least longest flag. The navy ...

Brisa de Angulo was raped repeatedly by a member of her extended family at the age of 15. When she finally reported it, she faced intimidation and blame from authorities and members of her own community. In response, she founded Breeze of Hope — a charity raising awareness about sexual abuse and ...

A former president of Bolivia and his one-time defense minister went on trial in connection with a lawsuit filed by family members who say their relatives ... But Ana Reyes, who represents the two former Bolivian officials, said the civilian deaths, while tragic, were more a product of cross fire than deliberate ...

LA PAZ – Two Bolivian inmates, one of them serving a 25-year sentence for murder, managed to escape from a prison in the eastern city of Santa Cruz during a riot in which another prisoner was injured, ... The walled Palmasola prison complex is located within Santa Cruz, Bolivia's largest city with 1.5 million residents.

A former president of Bolivia and his one-time defense minister went on trial Tuesday in connection with a lawsuit filed by family members who they say ... But Ana Reyes, who represents the two former Bolivian officials, said the civilian deaths, while tragic, were more a product of crossfire than deliberate ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia - The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference called on civil authorities to conduct a “thorough investigation” of recent explosions in the ... Bolivian official Carlos Romero informed local media that there was no evidence that dynamite or some other explosive was the cause.

A bomb caused an explosion that killed four people and wounded 10 during Carnival celebrations, Bolivian authorities said Wednesday. The blast occurred late Tuesday in the middle of Carnival celebrations in the city of Oruro, the capital of President Evo Morales' home province. Police Gen. Faustino ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — An explosion killed two people and injured 10 Tuesday night in the same Bolivian town where eight people died and 40 were injured during weekend Carnival celebrations by a blast that has been blamed on a leak in a gas canister, authorities said. Interior Secretary Carlos Romero ...

The Delgado and Maldonado contended that Circular 71/2014, issued by the Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia [official website, in Spanish], which barred officials elected to parliament for the 2010-2015 term, violated the Bolivian constitution by arbitrarily denying them political rights. They brought the ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has deemed admissible a petition filed against Bolivia by the family of Irishman Michael Dwyer over ... By accepting the petition, the IACHR, which is part of the Organisation of American States, has signalled the Bolivian authorities have a case to ...

Bolivia will prioritize dialogue, democracy, peace, and full integration officials have said. Morales tweeted: “On ... During the VIII Summit of the Americas, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie made the official transfer of the presidency to Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Huanacuni. “From this Tuesday ...

The decision by the Inter-American Commission on Human rights to admit the family's petition has been seen by the family as a huge breakthrough for their long campaign to hold the Bolivian authorities accountable for the killing of the young Tipperary man, who was 24 when he was shot dead by an elite ...

Rutgers Law Professor Among a Group of Human Rights Lawyers to Win Groundbreaking Human Rights Case Against Former Bolivian Officials ... A consortium of United States human rights lawyers including Beth Stephens, a Rutgers Law professor, have won a landmark case against Bolivia's ex-president and former ...

SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA - JULY 10: The Bolivian flag blows as people gather outside the Palmasola prison as they wait to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis who was visiting prisoners ... In the lawsuit, the families of eight Bolivians who were killed claim the two officials planned to kill thousands of civilians.