Evo Morales
Supporters of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gather near a ballot counting site, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Peruvians on Tuesday were still waiting to learn who will become their president next month as votes from Sunday’s runoff election continued to be counted and the tiny difference between the two polarizing populist candidates narrowed. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Peruvians wait to learn who will be president

Jun. 08, 2021 03:16 PM EDT

A voter arrives to a polling station guarded by police in Tacabamba, Peru, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Peruvians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off election to choose between Pedro Castillo, a political novice who until recently was a rural schoolteacher, and Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
2 polarizing populists vie in Peru's presidential runoff

By Regina Garcia Cano And Franklin Briceno Jun. 06, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador applauds during a ceremony at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. Mexico announced Saturday, April 24, 2021, that Lopez Obrador will hold talks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on May 7 to discuss migration, amid an increase in underage migrants at the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Ahead of Harris meeting, Mexico president accuses US

By Christopher Sherman May. 07, 2021 04:25 PM EDT

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo cooks breakfast for his family in his home in Chugur, Peru, Friday, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru's constitution and deporting all immigrants living in the country illegally who commit crimes, will face rival candidate Keiko Fujimori in the June 6 presidential run-off election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president

By Franklin Briceño And Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 18, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

Chicago Teachers Union members and hundreds of supporters march through the Loop, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. The Chicago Teachers Union said Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 that its members voted to defy an order to return to the classroom over concerns about COVID-19, setting up a showdown with district officials who have said such a move would amount to an illegal strike. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
The Latest: Hong Kong ends lockdown in Kowloon neighborhood

By The Associated Press Jan. 24, 2021 01:03 AM EST

Wearing the work hats of Bolivian miners, Bolivia's former President Evo Morales, center, and Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, left, embrace as they stand in the middle of the border bridge that connects the town of La Quiaca, Argentina with the town of Villazon, Bolivia, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Morales, who fled into exile after resigning last November, returned to his homeland the day after the presidential inauguration of his former finance minister Luis Arce. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Evo Morales returns to Bolivia, ending year in exile

By Paola Flores Nov. 09, 2020 01:27 PM EST

Bolivia's new President Luis Arce smiles at the Congress on his inauguration day in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jorge Mamani)
New leftist leader takes office in Boliva

By Carlos Valdez Nov. 08, 2020 12:56 PM EST

Luis Arce, presidential candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, speaks during an interview at his campaign headquarters in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, two days after elections. Officials have not released a formal quick count of results from Sunday’s vote, but the MAS party claimed victory in the presidential election as rival candidates conceded defeat. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Final count gives leftist big victory in Bolivia election

By Carlos Valdez Oct. 23, 2020 10:39 AM EDT

Luis Arce, center, Bolivian presidential candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism Party, MAS, and running mate David Choquehuanca, second right, celebrate during a press conference where they claim victory after general elections in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Morales party claims win as Bolivia seems to shift back left

By Carlos Valdez Oct. 19, 2020 12:24 AM EDT

Election posters promoting presidential candidate and one of two leading contenders Luis Arce, representing the Movement Towards Socialism political party better known by its acronym MAS, cover a pole in El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The presidential election on Sunday gives Bolivians a chance for a political reset as they struggle with the dramatic costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A tense Bolivia awaits voting results in redo amid pandemic

By Carlos Valdez Oct. 18, 2020 08:13 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019 file photo, Bolivia's opposition presidential candidate Carlos Mesa takes part in a press conference in La Paz, Bolivia. Mesa is a former president who ran in the 2019 election against former President Evo Morales. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
He's not running, but Morales looms large in Bolivia vote

By Carlos Valdez And Christopher Torchia Sep. 26, 2020 12:00 AM EDT

In this UNTV image, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, speaks in a pre-recorded video message during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from heads-of-state, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic. (UNTV via AP)
The Latest: Venezuela's Guaidó urges nations to decry Maduro

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2020 10:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2020 file photo, Bolivia's ousted, former President Evo Morales gives a press conference regarding the rejection of his plan to run for Senator in Buenos Aires, where he is living, in Argentina. On Monday, Sept. 7, 2020, a Bolivian court blocked Morales from seeking a senate seat in the country’s October elections, arguing that the ex-leader, living in Argentina, doesn’t meet residency requirements. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
HRW: Bolivia case against Morales is politically motivated

By Carlos Valdez Sep. 11, 2020 01:00 PM EDT

First base umpire Kim Seon-soo, wearing a mask as a precaution against the coronavirus, makes a call during the KBO league baseball game between KT Wiz and Doosan Bears in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Fans are banned once again from professional baseball and soccer games, which had just begun to slowly bring back spectators in late July. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Latest: Coronavirus slams Japan's economy

By The Associated Press Aug. 16, 2020 12:39 AM EDT

A firefighter disinfects outside the General Hospital in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Police in Bolivia’s major cities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected victims of the coronavirus from homes, vehicles, and, in some instances, the streets. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia delays presidential election due to pandemic

Jul. 23, 2020 05:29 PM EDT

An elderly woman infected with COVID-19 rests in an isolated area of the San Jose nursing home in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Friday, July 17, 2020. At least 60 residents at the senior care facility tested positive for the new coronavirus and 10 have died from related symptoms in the last two weeks, amid a rise in cases and fatalities in the Andean country. (AP Photo/Dico Solis)
Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: 'There is no space'

By Carlos Valdez Jul. 22, 2020 01:08 PM EDT

A man wearing a protective face mask marked with a message that reads in Spanish: "Christ lives, heals and saves," in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia police recover 420 dead in possible COVID-19 cases

Jul. 21, 2020 09:02 PM EDT

ARCHIVO – En esta fotografía de archivo del 11 de noviembre de 2019, la entonces segunda vicepresidenta del Senado y actual presidenta interina de Bolivia, Jeanine Añez, llega al Congreso en La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko, Archivo)
Bolivia: Áñez dice virus no ha sido "muy agresivo" con ella

Por Carlos Valdez Jul. 20, 2020 12:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, then senate second Vice President and now Bolivian Interim President Jeanine Anez arrives at Congress in La Paz, Bolivia. Interim President Anez has announced on Thursday, July 9, 2020, that she has tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
COVID hits dozens of Latin leaders, including presidents

By Michael Weissenstein And David Biller Jul. 10, 2020 03:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, then senate second Vice President and now Bolivian Interim President Jeanine Anez arrives at Congress in La Paz, Bolivia. Interim President Anez has announced on Thursday, July 9, 2020, that she has tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Bolivian president has COVID-19 as virus hits region's elite

By Paola Flores Jul. 09, 2020 06:37 PM EDT