In Bolivia, Interim Leader Sets Conservative, Religious Tone
LA PAZ, Bolivia — The interim leader of Bolivia took power this week promising to unify a nation in turmoil. But she has since stacked...
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Ethnic Rifts in Bolivia Burst Into View With Fall of Evo Morales
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — In the days since the ouster of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, deep ethnic tensions that have long divided the country...
Girl, 5, Is 6th Child Killed by Stray Bullet in Rio de Janeiro This Year
RIO DE JANEIRO — A 5-year-old girl who died Wednesday morning in Rio de Janeiro was the sixth child in the city slain this year...
This Mexican Village’s Embroidery Designs Are Admired (and Appropriated) Globally
SAN NICOLÁS, Mexico — A mystery lies behind the origin of the distinctive forms depicted in the elaborate embroidery stitched in San Nicolás, a pinprick...
Evo Morales Flies to Mexico but Vows to Return to Bolivia ‘With Force’
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Evo Morales, the former president of Bolivia who resigned under pressure from street protests and the military, flew to Mexico on...
Morales, After Resigning, Urges Resistance to a New Bolivian Government
LA PAZ, Bolivia — AFormer President Evo Morales on Monday encouraged resistance to opposition politicians attempting to form a transition government leading to elections, after...
A Toronto Bookstore Amplifies Marginalized Voices
TORONTO — Before you walk inside Another Story Bookshop, you will see a poster featuring the John Lennon lyric “A Working Class Hero Is Something...
Bolivian Mayor Assaulted by Protesters in Postelection Mayhem
LA PAZ, Bolivia — In a spasm of violence related to last month’s disputed presidential election, protesters kidnapped the mayor of a small town in...
Is Mexico Becoming More Violent? Our Journalists Answer Reader Questions After a Brutal Attack
This week’s brutal ambush of a family in northern Mexico that left three women and six children dead was yet another shocking attack in a...
Mormon Family Massacre Stuns Mexico, Laying Bare Government’s Helplessness
MEXICO CITY — The women and their children were taking a drive along a familiar rural road in northern Mexico when the gunmen attacked, riddling...