Tag: Luis Arce

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivia's miracle architect now faces the challenge of scarce funds and managing austerity

  

  Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the political spectrum as a young teenager in La Paz, when he picked up the writings of philosopher Karl Marx.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Conservatives in Bolivia protest against the inauguration of president elect Arce

  

  Conservative opponents of Bolivia's center-left president-elect Luis Arce have announced a two-day strike from Thursday protesting alleged electoral fraud. The strike is taking place across the eastern department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic hub as well as home to its biggest city.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 07:57 UTC

  Bolivia's congress recommends lawsuit against out-going conservative interim president Jeanine Añez

  

  Bolivia's Congress, controlled by the socialist party of the former indigenous President Evo Morales, approved on Thursday night a report that recommends a lawsuit against outgoing right-wing President Jeanine Añez for genocide and other alleged crimes.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Ex Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protestors called for a “military junta”

  

  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales called for calm after several hundred right-wing protesters demanded that a “military junta” replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

• Sunday, October 25th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Evo Morales leave Argentina for Venezuela

  

  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has traveled to Venezuela from Argentina, where he was living in exile, according to media reports.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian president-elect: “no role” for the winning party leader Evo Morales currently exiled in Argentina

  

  Bolivia's president-elect Luis Arce said on Tuesday that there was “no role” in his government for socialist party leader Evo Morales, who governed for almost 14 years before resigning under pressure last year and fleeing the country.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Morales planning to return to Bolivia following on Arce's 20-point margin victory

  

  Exiled former president Evo Morales on Monday signaled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce's sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday's election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph over centrist rival Carlos Mesa.

• Monday, October 19th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  Bolivians waiting anxiously for results in an election which hopefully can restore stability

  

  Hours after polling began to end on Sunday, Bolivians waited anxiously for results in an election that many hope can restore stability after a voided ballot last year plunged the nation into crisis and ended the long rule of Evo Morales.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 04:36 UTC

  Evo Morales' estate 12.67 percent higher than in 2012

  

  President's affidavit before the State's General Comptrollership raises questions on how he amassed 437,787 US dollars. Opposition says he should have turned poorer, living on a public servant salary.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 06:08 UTC

  Bolivia will appeal to Central bank reserves to stockpile food staples

  

  Bolivia prepared to tap its record 10 billion US dollars in central bank reserves to help boost agricultural production and stockpile food staples as a hedge against a looming global “food crisis” Finance Minister Luis Arce said.