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Using comprehensive firsthand interviews, transcripts and court reports, a disturbing new book, ‘All the President’s Women’, discovers at least 67 separate accusations of inappropriate behaviour, including 26 instances of unwanted sexual contact by US President Donald Trump.

As the country’s first Indigenous president has tumbled from power, Indigenous Bolivians fear the loss of their hard-won political gains, and say a racial backlash has begun.

After a week of political protests, food and fuel are running out in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz. FRANCE 24 reports from the city whose residents are struggling to get basic provisions.

Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, raising the total number killed in the political unrest to 23, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Saturday. 

The leader, Jeanine Añez, promised to unify a nation in turmoil. But her initial steps, taking the country rightward and injecting religious themes, risk deepening the divide.

Those killed in the central city of Sacaba are all said to be supporters of the former president.

Bolivia’s political crisis turned deadly again on Friday when security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales in the city of Sacaba, killing at least five people. FRANCE 24 reports from the capital, La Paz, where furious supporters of the ousted president rallied to chants of “civil war”.

Bolivia’s political crisis turned deadly after security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales in a central town, killing at least five people, injuring dozens and threatening the interim government’s efforts to restore stability following the resignation of the former president in an election dispute.

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Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez said Friday that Evo Morales will face possible legal charges for election fraud if he returns home, even as the ousted leader contended he is still president despite resigning after massive protests.

A visit to the town of Longview brought back the province’s past.

The country plans to hold a referendum next April on replacing the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.

The Cold War binary of “bad” coups and “good” popular revolts no longer applies. But the labels persist, with important consequences.

For the past month, Chile has witnessed unprecedented mass protests. Demonstrators are angry at the ultra free-market model established during the Pinochet dictatorship, which remains in force today and has turned the country into one of the most unequal in the world. In response to the rallies, President Sebastián Piñera and his government have resorted to a violent crackdown: a return to the methods of dictatorship. FRANCE 24’s team reports from the ground.

President Donald Trump launched a Twitter attack on a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday while she was testifying at an impeachment hearing in Congress, in an extraordinary moment that Democrats said amounts to witness intimidation.

President Donald Trump will try to convince U.S. allies that they should increase defense spending when he attends a meeting of NATO leaders next month in London, the White House said Friday.

After weeks of unrest in the country, Chile has agreed to hold a referendum in April 2020.

Chile announced on Friday it will stage a referendum to replace the country’s dictatorship-era constitution next year – a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of sometimes violent civil unrest.

Bolivia’s interim government and lawmakers from the party of unseated leader Evo Morales struck a deal late on Thursday to pursue new elections, potentially helping resolve the South American country’s political crisis.

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday President Donald Trump already has admitted to bribery in the Ukraine scandal at the heart of a Democratic-led inquiry, accusing him of an impeachable offense under the U.S. Constitution.

A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a US high school in Southern California, killing two students and wounding three others before he was captured in grave condition after shooting himself in the head, authorities said. 

Jeanine Anez, Bolivian interim leader, on Thursday said exiled former President Evo Morales will not be able to take part in upcoming elections because he is barred from running for a fourth consecutive term.