Anti-government demonstrators in Bolivia lifted road blockades ahead of talks with interim president Jeanine Anez on Saturday aimed at ending weeks of unrest, as Congress moved toward passing a bill to pave the way for new elections. CBC | World News
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UN warns Bolivia crisis could ‘spin out of control’ as death toll mounts
The United Nations warned on Saturday violence in Bolivia could “spin out of control” following a night of skirmishes between security forces and coca farmers loyal to ousted president Evo Morales that left at least eight dead. CBC | World News
Read More »Bolivia President Evo Morales says he’ll resign amid fierce election backlash
Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed election that has roiled the South American nation. CBC | World News
Read More »From Brazil to Bolivia, Trudeau faces a hemisphere of headaches
Since the beginning of 2019, a number of developments in Latin America have changed the situation for Canadian diplomacy for the worse, beginning with the arrival of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and AMLO in Mexico, and accelerating this week with the elections in Argentina and Bolivia and the civil disorder in Chile. CBC | World News
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