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Bolivia’s presidential election and the rise of a centrist landscape
Taipei Times
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August 23, 2025
A tech-savvy centrist senator is to face a former president vowing free-market liberalism in a contest reshaping Bolivian politics after two decades of leftist rule One candidate is Rodrigo Paz, a conservative centrist senator and son of...
A new dawn for Bolivia?
Buenos Aires Herald
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August 23, 2025
A rooster’s crow just woke up Bolivia. Rodrigo Paz, a centrist whom no one expected to win, came in first in the country’s elections on August 17. The son of former president Jaime El Gallo (The Rooster) Paz Zamora, he defeated two conservative...
Cheapest premium gas in cities across La Paz County in week ending Aug. 16
SW Arizona News
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August 22, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There were three gas stations in cities across La Paz County selling...
Where were the cheapest places to fill up on midgrade gas in cities in La Paz County in week ending Aug. 16?
SW Arizona News
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August 22, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There were three gas stations in cities across La Paz County selling...
New Cargo Ship Boosts La Paz Trade Capacity by 40%
Gringo Gazette
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August 21, 2025
The arrival of the cargo vessel Santa Marcela from Ireland on Saturday, August 10, 2025, is set to increase sea cargo capacity between La Paz and mainland Mexico by 40%. The ship was welcomed with a ceremony led by Baja California Sur Governor...
Bolivia Says ‘No MAS’
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Bolivia’s elections boot the socialist ruling party, the United States deploys warships off the coast of Venezuela, and a salacious Brazilian song charms the Middle...
Post-Morales era: Bolivia’s 20-year MAS cycle ends, rightward shift begins
Press TV
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August 23, 2025
By Diego Sequera No other country in Latin America has as intense a way of doing politics as Bolivia. The official end of a 20-year political cycle, which began last Sunday, will soon enough prove this once again. The process led by the Movement...
Bolivia set to choose a new president
Hurriyet Daily News
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SUCRE Voters check electoral rolls during general elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Bolivia’s upcoming presidential election will mark a shift from nearly two decades of socialist rule, but many...
Brazilian energy auction for hydro plants to generate $1 billion in investments
WKZO - Michigan
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By Leticia Fucuchima SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s first energy auction exclusively aimed at small and medium-sized dams will generate around 5.5 billion reais ($1 billion) in investments, power regulator Aneel said on Friday. The auction,...
Leveraging Nuclear Energy Through Small Modular Reactors
Observer Research Foundation
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Civilian nuclear energy carries the potential to deliver on the two critical national pursuits of energy security and economic prosperity. This is premised on two sets of considerations: first, the impact an effective deployment of nuclear energy...
¿El fin del eje La Paz-Teherán? No importa quién gane las elecciones en Bolivia, la relación con Irán no será la misma
KVIA - Texas
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August 20, 2025
Por Germán Padinger, CNN en Español Pase lo que pase el próximo 19 de octubre, cuando se celebre la segunda vuelta electoral, Bolivia ya no será la misma y los efectos de este cambio podrían sentirse en lugares tan remotos como la República...
China Port Watch: From a small harbor to a global logistics powerhouse as Lianyungang expands global connectivity under China's Belt and Road Initiative
Global Times
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A view of Lianyungang Port, the largest seaport in East China's Jiangsu Province on August 4, 2025 Photo: Yin Yeping/GT Editor's Note: How are Chinese ports navigating fierce global competition to bolster the resilience of China's foreign trade?...
Bolivian politics is shifting decisively to the right
Morning Star
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WITH more than 95.41 per cent of the votes counted, Bolivia’s Plurinational Electoral Body reported that, according to the preliminary results, Rodrigo Paz of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) and former president Jorge Quiroga of the Free...
Where could drivers find the cheapest gas in cities within La Paz County in week ending Aug. 16?
SW Arizona News
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August 20, 2025
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across La Paz County selling...
US ‘drug war’ in Latin America: Bolivia’s President exposes Washington’s hidden agenda
Weekly Blitz
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August 21, 2025
US ‘drug war’ in Latin America: Bolivia’s President exposes Washington’s hidden agenda The rhetoric of the so-called “war on drugs” has long served as one of Washington’s most consistent justifications for military presence and political influence...
Socialism Just Imploded in Bolivia
Reason Magazine
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August 21, 2025
Two decades ago, democratic socialism was rising in Latin America. The so-called "pink tide" swept leftist leaders into power in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Their useful idiots in the U.S. were delighted....
Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress
Associated Press
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August 20, 2025
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Bolivia’s upcoming presidential election will mark a shift from nearly two decades of socialist rule, but many Indigenous and environmental leaders doubt it will bring progress in stopping deforestation, fires or pollution...
Bolivia's Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade
The Straits Times
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August 20, 2025
LA PAZ - Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga said he would dole out ownership stakes in key natural resources like lithium if elected in October as part of sweeping economic reforms, and signalled a willingness to improve ties...
Por qué Trump merece reconocimiento por su impulso a la paz en Ucrania, y por qué todo podría fracasar
KVIA - Texas
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August 19, 2025
Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN Fue el mejor día que Ucrania ha tenido en mucho tiempo. Pero aún es difícil imaginar cómo podría terminar pronto la guerra desatada por la brutal invasión rusa. El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky,...
Ancient temple discovery in Bolivia sheds new light on the mysterious Tiwanaku civilization
The Economic Times
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August 21, 2025
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable ancient temple complex in the Bolivian Andes that may redefine understanding of the Tiwanaku civilization, a precursor to the Inca Empire which flourished near Lake Titicaca over a thousand years ago....