FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA River Plate crowned league champions, ending seven-year drought 26-11-2021 03:21 River Plate were crowned 2021 Liga Profesional champions on Thursday after thrashing Racing Club 4-0 at home.
CRISIS IN VENEZUELA New National Assembly leaves Guaidó out in cold in Venezuela 05-01-2021 11:26 A new Venezuelan National Assembly will be sworn in Tuesday, leaving Western-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó out in the political cold.
Venezuelan elections Venezuela’s election facade helps push Juan Guaidó offstage 08-12-2020 08:31 Sunday’s feigned election in Venezuela, ending Juan Guaidó’s connection with the legislature that formed the basis of his claim to the presidency, may be what some need to rethink how to deal with the troubled nation.
Venezuelan elections Boycott-tainted poll win gives Maduro total control in Venezuela 07-12-2020 12:16 President Nicolás Maduro seized total control of Venezuela's political institutions on Sunday with a sweeping victory in legislative elections that were boycotted by the main opposition parties and criticised by the international community.
Bolivia Bolivia's Evo Morales says he has taken back control of his party 18-11-2020 00:05 Former Bolivia president Evo Morales announced Tuesday he had re-taken the leadership of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) party he founded, a week after returning from exile.
PUMAS MAKE HISTORY Pumas stun All Blacks, record first-ever win over New Zealand 14-11-2020 07:44 Mario Ledesma's side were given virtually no chance ahead of the Tri Nations match in Sydney after the coronavirus hindered their preparations to just two low-key practice games. But in their first Test since the World Cup last year, they pulled off a miracle.
PRESIDENT SWORN-IN Luis Arce takes power in Bolivia facing deep challenges 09-11-2020 14:46 Luis Arce assumed the Bolivian presidency on Sunday in a ceremony attended by foreign leaders including President Alberto Fernández.
US ELECTION 2020 Biden declares victory in US election, calls on nation to mend divisions 07-11-2020 23:47 "It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric," declares US president-elect, as he calls on the United States to reconcile after a bitterly fought campaign against Donald Trump.
BOLIVIAN ELECTION Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta 27-10-2020 17:33 Exiled former Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protesters in Santa Cruz demand a "military junta" to replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.
Ex-Bolivia president Evo Morales says his return to Bolivia doesn't depend on him 26-10-2020 17:25 Former Bolivia president admitted on Monday that his return to his homeland is out of his hands, as a judge lifted a preventative detention order against him over alleged "terrorism."
BOLIVIAN ELECTION Electoral authorities confirm Arce's landslide win in Bolivian election 23-10-2020 14:22 Bolivia's electoral tribunal on Friday published official results from last weekend's presidential election, confirming leftist Luis Arce's landslide victory.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Bolivia’s new president can’t ride Latin America’s ‘pink tide’ 22-10-2020 14:49 The Bolivia that Luis Arce will govern is far from the economic juggernaut Morales commanded during the commodities boom. Coronavirus has clobbered the country. Set to shrink by 7.9 percent this year, its economy is hurtling toward a balance of payments crisis. by Mac Margolis
BOLIVIAN ELECTION Hundreds protest in Bolivia with Arce set for presidential poll win 21-10-2020 15:50 Authoritative exit polls suggest Luis Arce, 57-year-old economist from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) and heir to former president Evo Morales, has beaten centrist former leader Carlos Mesa by a wide enough margin to avoid a run-off.
EVO TO EXIT ARGENTINA Evo Morales says he will return to Bolivia after ally's election victory 19-10-2020 15:34 "Sooner or later we are going to return to Bolivia, that is not up for debate," exiled Bolivian leader tells a press conference in Buenos Aires.