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'The OAS Has a Lot to Answer For': New Study Disputes Key Claim That Paved Way for Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia

A Bolivian indigenous woman, supporter of Bolivian ousted president Evo Morales, holds a Wiphala flag—representing native peoples—during a protest against the interim government in La Paz on November 15, 2019.

Police in Bolivia Pepper Spray Journalist 'On Purpose' During Live Coverage of Anti-Coup Protests

Jon Queally, staff writer

Teresa Bo, a senior correspondent for Al-Jazeera was sprayed directly in the face—clearly "on purpose," she says—while covering anti-coup demonstrators in the city of La Paz, Bolivia on Friday, November 15, 2019. (Photo: Al-Jazeera/Screenshot)

"I hate to be the story because we are here to report on what is happening to the people in the amazing country," said Al-Jazeera English senior correspondent Teresa Bo. "I hope it helps denounce that such practices cannot be tolerated. Not here not anywhere."

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To Create 'Welcoming and Safe Nation for All,' Sanders Immigration Plan Would End Family Separations, Break Up ICE, and Tackle Root Causes

Jake Johnson, staff writer

If elected president in 2020, Sanders vowed he will "end the barbaric practice...

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In Face of Violence, Racist Rhetoric, and Mass ICE Raids, Latinx Community Leaders Publish Letter Declaring, 'We Will Not Be Silenced'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We won't stop organizing for ourselves, our children, and for the soul of this...

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In Venezuela, Trump Administration Content to Support a Military Coup But Not Nation's Refugees

embassy standoff

Peace Activists Arrested While Trying to Deliver Food and Medicine to Blockaded DC Venezuelan Embassy

Biden Sides With Trump, Bolton, and Pompeo in Backing Coup Effort in Venezuela

With the backing of the Trump administration, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself "interim president" earlier this year.

Attendees of Secret Meeting for 'US Military Assault' on Venezuela Revealed

'A Crime Humanity Will Never Forget': Ecuador's Former President Rafael Correa Condemns Successor for Stripping Assange's Asylum Status

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on October 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.

'Akin to a Tripwire': Russian Troops in Venezuela Complicate U.S. Regime Change Plans

Jair Bolsonaro

'One of the World's Most Respected Intelligence Agencies': Bolsonaro's Bring-Your-Son-to-the-CIA Day

As Trump Pushes for Overthrow in Venezuela, Sanders Warns Against Repeating History's Mistake

With Trump Pushing Regime Change in Venezuela, Critics Warn News Outlets Failing US Viewers Once Again

Venezuela's Maduro Denounces Warmongering by 'White Supremacist' Trump and His 'Gang of Extremists' Promoting Fascism Worldwide

Despite Demand for End to 'Dangerous' US Meddling, Trump Says Troops to Venezuela 'An Option'

Just Like Iraq, Warns Maduro, US Wants to 'Get Hands on Our Oil'

Newswire

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

New Study Finds No Evidence of OAS Fraud Claims, “Very Likely” Evo Morales Won Bolivia’s October Elections in the First Round

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Ecuador Ends 2019 with Billions of Dollars Less in International Reserves than IMF Had Predicted, Due to IMF-Endorsed Austerity Measures

350.org

COP25 Must Live Up to the Urgency at Hand

CODEPINK

Venezuelan Opposition Blockading Venezuelan Embassy in DC Blockading Building, Refusing to Allow Medicine and Food Inside

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths

Civicus

Treaty Could Protect Environment and Human Rights in Latin America

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Leonardo Flores

Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You

Barcelona Research Group on Informal Recyclers

The World’s Waste-Pickers Under Threat

Renata Motta, Marco Antonio Teixeira

Women From Every Corner Occupy Brasilia: the Marcha das Margaridas

Manuel Serrano

Avoiding the Collapse of Democracy Is Our Responsibility

James Goodman

'Fleeing Not Migrating'

Coalition of Climate Justice Movements

COP25, Social Movements and Climate Justice

Medea Benjamin

"They're Killing Us Like Dogs"—A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help

Beverly Longid

Stand With the Bolivian People for Self-Determination

Beatriz Martínez Saavedra

Protests in the Global South: Ecuador and Chile Facing an Uncertain Economic Order

Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz

Western Media Whitewash Bolivia’s Far-Right Coup