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Luis Arce, Bolivia’s president, speaks during a press conference at La Casa del Pueblo in La Paz, Bolivia, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Divisions threaten Bolivia’s MAS and its legacy of left-wing transformation

This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia

Opening Ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Photo: Supplied

Welcome to the Fake World Cup

Both Qatar’s authorities and football team have no idea how to play the beautiful game well

Sadio Mane may be ruled out of the World Cup due to injury. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

2022 Fifa World Cup: What’s the deal in group A?

Senegal and The Netherlands should go through but Qatar will not want to find themselves on the wrong side of history

Diversity: Giant tortoises on Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are under scientific scrutiny since scientists found they may have misnamed one of them. (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)

New giant tortoise species found on Galápagos after DNA study

Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…

En route: Venezuelan refugees

Latin America marches sideways

Growth has slowed, which will increase poverty and fuel further social unrest, which in turn will push leaders to the political centre

Protests that took place in Egypt last month. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Find pathways beyond mass protests

Protests convulse global politics, but it’s what happens when they die down that can make a real difference

Protests illustrate the deeply seated divisions between indigenous groups and other sectors of the population in Ecuador. (Reuters)

People in Ecuador have woken up to a fragmented and polarised society

The protests and their aftermath have uncovered the social tensions arising from the marginalisation of indigenous populations in the country

Austerity bites: Demonstrators in Buenos Aires, Argentina, burn money in front of the National Congress in protest against hikes in the price of water, electricity and natural gas. (Agustin Marcarian/Reuters)

IMF wilfully takes austerity road

East Asia 1998, Greece 2008, Argentina 2018. The fund knows the suffering its loans cause, yet it has gone ahead in Ecuador

LGBT and human rights activists erupted in celebration in Quito and the port city of Guayaquil, waving the rainbow flags that symbolise the gay rights movement. (Marcos Pin/AFP/Getty Images)

Ecuador’s highest court approves same-sex marriage

The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed door hearing

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London. (Reuters/Henry Nicholls)

Assange in UK court over US extradition request

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday that all efforts would now be focused on preventing Assange’s extradition to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a thumbs-up sign after police sensationally dragged him out of the Ecuadoran embassy in London in April 2019. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)

Assange faces jail for UK bail breach

The Australian whistle-blower, who was arrested on April 11 after Ecuador gave him up, could face a 12-month prison sentence

Julian Assange has been detained at London’s high-security Belmarsh Prison, one of the UK’s toughest detention centres, since 2019.  (Peter Nicholls)

Swedish Assange accuser urges prosecution to reopen rape case

A spokesman for the Swedish Prosecution Authority said on Thursday they were following the news of Assange’s arrest

Military officers patrol as Venezuelan women walk towards Santa Elena to sleep, after checking their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)

Brazil sends troops after clashes at Venezuela border

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into Brazil over the past three years as they seek to escape the crisis in their country

Ecuador digs deep to fight oil tyranny

On the back foot, the country is taking its titanic war of environmental pollution against US oil company Chevron to the court of public opinion.

Ecuador to investigate bugged embassy where Assange is kept

Ecuador says it would seek the help of the British government to determine who put a hidden microphone in the South American country’s London embassy.

Snowden affair diverts Bolivia president’s plane

Bolivia’s president’s plane was diverted on a flight from Russia and forced to land in Austria over suspicions that Edward Snowden might be on board.

Snowden seeks asylum in 20 states

Edward Snowden has submitted asylum requests to 19 more nations other than Ecuador; including Cuba, Brazil, India, China, Russia, Germany and France.

Defiant Equador drops US trade pact over Snowden

Ecuador has dropped out of a trade pact with the US, claiming it had become an instrument of "blackmail" as it considers asylum for Edward Snowden.

Quito cuisine. Restaurants in the Unesco-protected city are leading the way in promoting Ecuadorian food.

Whipping up a food revolución

Ecuador’s best-kept secret is its unique cuisine, which is inspired by the country’s diverse ecosystem.

Julian Assange has defied his bail conditions by taking refuge at the Ecuador embassy in London.

Ecuador an odd choice for Assange

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has sought asylum in a country notorious for crackdowns on free speech. Brian Braiker reports.