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Bolivia: Election Surprise and MAS Will Cease to Govern

Businessman Samuel Doria Medina, who was the favorite in pre-election polls, accepted defeat, finishing third with 19.86%.

Voters also elect the vice-presidential running mate. Additionally, they will choose 36 senators and 120 deputies to the National Assembly.

In the preceding months, the pre-electoral dynamic has generated confusion and impotence. Everything has been resolved from above…

Despite stable macroeconomic indicators, poverty affects nearly a third of Peru’s inhabitants, with indigenous populations bearing the brunt.

Indi Rivero from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “New Life”, in Lara, Venezuela.

I’ve steered clear of those churches that talk too much about money—those that collect tithes and then keep asking for more and more…

“The fact that this is being used as justification to militarize the border has been shocking for me to watch.”

When Kenita Placide co-founded United and Strong, St Lucia’s first LGBTQI+ organisation in 2001, death threats were routine.

Today’s featured artists are Astrud Gilberto (Brazil) and Stanley Turrentine (USA) with the song “Ponteio” recorded in 1988.

For over two decades, Bolivian journalists have faced intimidation, legal harassment, & violence from politicians intent on silencing dissent