Evo Morales

USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders

2013-05-06 20:00:00

WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...

Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency

2013-05-01 12:34:00

This post has been updated. Please see the notes below for details. Bolivian President Evo Morales declared Wednesday he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country, accusing the aid agency of conspiring against his...

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his heyday: A look at 'el comandante'

2013-03-09 07:31:00

At midnight, Hugo Chavez and his entourage swept into the hotel lobby, transforming the drab venue in chilly, high-altitude La Paz into a sizzling vortex of tropical verve and chavista vigor. “Musicos!” the Venezuelan president declared upon...

President Hugo Chavez dies at 58; hero to Venezuela's poor

2013-03-05 14:32:00

CARACAS, Venezuela —Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the charismatic socialist whose Bolivarian Revolution reduced poverty and galvanized anti-American sentiment across Latin America but left his nation deeply polarized and ever more dependent on...

World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

2013-03-05 18:43:00

News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...

Venezuelan opposition leader faces fresh charges

2013-02-28 13:09:00

CARACAS, Venezuela — Leading Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez appeared before prosecutors in Caracas on Thursday to answer charges of influence peddling while he was a state oil company employee in 1998, an accusation he described as...

Bolivia opens first lithium plant on edge of Uyuni salt flats

2013-01-04 04:00:00

Bolivia has announced the opening of its first lithium plant, as the South American nation seeks to tap its vast salt flats for the silvery element used in batteries for electric cars, cellphones and laptops. President Evo Morales heralded the opening...

More takes from foreign media on the U.S. election

2012-11-07 12:44:52

Latin American governments congratulate Chavez win in Venezuela

2012-10-08 10:33:33

Bolivian marchers trek hundreds of miles to protest road -- again

2012-05-01 16:39:33

Gas for 37 cents? Why fuel costs more or less elsewhere

2012-01-18 21:39:19

Chavez holds parade to commemorate 1992 overthrow attempt

2012-02-04 21:40:29

Bolivia President Evo Morales speaks during an official meeting celebrating May Day in La Paz on Wednesday.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Bolivian President Evo Morales, singing the national anthem at a May Day march in La Paz, has expelled USAID from his nation, complaining that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region.

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Chavez with Bolivian President Evo Morales, right, on the balcony of Bolivia's government palace after Morales was sworn into office in La Paz in January 2006.

2013-03-05 14:04:00