(2020-11-08). Bolivia Bolivia's President-Elect Luis Arce attacked with dynamite. mronline.org 
The Socialist leader was attacked while he was at a meeting in La Paz city. There is no report of injuries.
(2020-11-08). Iranian FM holds meeting with his Chilean counterpart. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister held a meeting with his Chilean counterpart in La Paz on Sunday, conferring on the expansion of bilateral relations.
(2020-11-07). [Editorial] COVID-19 in Latin America: a humanitarian crisis. thelancet.com Latin America has some of the highest COVID-19 death rates in the world. Why? For outsiders, much of the discussion of COVID-19 in Latin America has focused on Brazil and the errors of President Jair Bolsonaro. But the region as a whole is facing a humanitarian crisis borne out of political instability, corruption, social unrest, fragile health systems, and perhaps most importantly, longstanding and pervasive inequality—in income, health care, and education—which has been woven into the social and economic fabric of the region.
(2020-11-07). Women were active hunters too during prehistoric times, says new study. peoplesdispatch.org An excavation from the Andean Highlands in Peru of the remains of a woman reveals that hunting tools were buried alongside her. The tools recovered include six stone projectiles and 24 other stone artifacts…
(2020-11-07). MAS denounces dynamite attack against Bolivia's President-elect Luis Arce. wsws.org MAS has stated that newly elected president Luis Arce was the target of a bomb attack Thursday night at the party's La Paz headquarters.
(2020-11-06). US pretends to 'give lessons in democracy': Maduro skewers election snafu as Venezuela prepares to hold its own vote. rt.com 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ridiculed the US' shambolic election outcome in light of Washington's efforts to force its peculiar style of "democracy" down other countries' throats, particularly Venezuela and its allies. | Maduro declined to comment on the outcome of the US election in a televised speech on Wednesday, asking for the US to return the favor and not meddle in Venezuela's democracy when the country votes in December. However, he couldn't resist throwing a little shade at the nation which attempted to replace him last year with then-opposition leader Juan Guaido, a self-proclaimed "presid…
(2020-11-06). FARC party and Colombian national government sign peace commitments. peoplesdispatch.org 
The agreements between the FARC party and the Colombian national government are the outcome of the Pilgrimage for Life and Peace, made by hundreds of ex-combatants demanding compliance with peace accords…
(2020-11-06). The 2019 Bolivian Elections Fraud "Precedent" vs. The 2020 US Elections Fraud. globalresearch.ca The precedent established by the Organization of American States' claims that fraud was committed in the 2019 Bolivian presidential election after a suspicious delay in releasing the tally resulted in then-President Morales emerging the victor without a second round being …
(2020-11-06). 200 Years of the First Raising of Argentina's Flag in Malvinas. telesurenglish.net President Alberto Fernandez will preside over the commemoration to mark the 200 anniversary of the first raising of Argentina's national flag in the Malvinas Islands on Friday. | RELATED: | The main event will be held at the Olivos presidential residence and will be attended by Foreign Minister Felipe Sola and the Malvinas Secretary Daniel Filmus. Meanwhile, other activities are expected to take place nationwide, i…
(2020-11-06). MAS denounces explosion at campaign headquarters in La Paz. peoplesdispatch.org Sebastián Michel, the spokesperson of the Movement Towards Socialism — Political Instrument for People's Sovereignty (MAS-IPSP) denounced that on the night of Thursday November 5, a stick of dynamite exploded outside the door of the MAS-IPSP campaign headquarters. Michel reported that incoming president Luis Arce was in a meeting at the campaign house when the explosive detonated and that it occurred when far-right groups marched by. | Former Bolivian president Evo Morales
(2020-11-06). Iranian FM Arrives in Cuba After Completing Visit to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif has arrived in Cuba, the second stop on his Latin American tour, to address mutual interest issues. As informed this Friday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Persian Diplomacy head is already in Havana, the Cuban capital, after having finished his official visit to Venezuela. | RELATED: | During his trip to Cuba, besides meeting…
(2020-11-05). BR-319: The Beginning of the End for Brazil's Amazon Forest. globalresearch.ca The text of this commentary is updated from an earlier Portuguese-language version of the author's column at *** | The BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) Highway was built in the early 1970s by Brazil's military dictatorship, but was abandoned in …
(2020-11-05). How Trump, Hannity and Limbaugh Violated Election Law. counterpunch.org Conservative media celebrities Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh have flagrantly violated the federal election law prohibition of donating anything of value exceeding $2,800 to a presidential candidate. The ongoing strategic collaboration between Trump, Hannity and Limbaugh is obvious and has been widely documented in newspapers and books. Both Hannity and Limbaugh have collaborated with President
(2020-11-05). Electoral Campaign Begins in Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com The campaign for upcoming legislative elections will go on for a month.
(2020-11-05). The Guarani Language Has Its First Dictionary in Paraguay. telesurenglish.net The Guarani Language Academy approved the first dictionary of this pre-Columbian language whose use is oficial and widely disseminated in Paraguay. | RELATED: | As the Secretariat for Language Policies (SPL) explained, this linguistic tool is a monolingual text with 2000 entries, each of which describes the Indigenous language from its own semantics. | Each entry has also grammatical marks and definitions that reco…
(2020-11-05). Maduro slams US' giving democracy lessons to world. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says Washington is in no position to give lessons in democracy to the world as Donald Trump is apparently rejecting the early results of US election.
(2020-11-05). Tensions Grow in Bolivia as Arce's Inauguration Day Approaches. globalresearch.ca Arce's victory was not enough to overcome the effects of the coup in Bolivia. Currently, the country is strongly threatened by the confluence of the anti-democratic interests of various political groups, paramilitaries and religious fundamentalists who seek to prevent the …
(2020-11-05). Electoral Musings: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com It is perfectly valid for the American public to express outrage over Trump's declaration of victory, but the entire American media and political class forever lost all legitimacy to condemn a nation's leader for illegitimately crowning themselves by backing the Venezuela coup. | ‚ùñ | Watching Democrats' inability to handily defeat a crazy reality TV host in two elections is like seeing someone pick a fight with a six year-old girl and getting their ass kicked, then coming back with a bunch of their friends and watching them all get carried off on stretchers. | ‚ùñ | All t…
(2020-11-05). Zarif starts meetings in Venezuela. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has started his diplomatic meetings in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
(2020-11-05). Assessment of diagnostics capacity in hospitals providing surgical care in two Latin American states. thelancet.com Facilities providing SAO care in low-resource states in Mexico and Brazil often lack functioning diagnostics services and workforce. Scale-up of diagnostic services is essential to improve SAO care and should occur with emphasis on equitable and adequate resource allocation.
(2020-11-05). Hospital fire in Brazil exposes criminal neglect of workers' lives. wsws.org A fire at a hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro resulted in the deaths of eight people, at least three of them COVID-19 patients.
(2020-11-05). 'You Have to Listen to the Streets': Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution. thenation.com 'You Have to Listen to the Streets': Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution…
(2020-11-05). 'New Peru' Leader Veronika Mendoza Will Run in 2021 Elections. telesurenglish.net The New Peru leader and former congresswoman Veronika Mendoza on Thursday officially announced her candidacy for the elections to take place in April 2021. | RELATED: | She made the announcement in the city of El Cusco on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution undertaken by Tupac Amaru and Micaela Bastida. | She will run for Together for Peru and her Vice president posts will be a…
(2020-11-05). Chilean protesters demand release of those arrested during October 2019 uprising. peoplesdispatch.org Chilean protesters have been demanding the release of political prisoners who were detained during the October 2019 uprising. The protests last year triggered a movement that led to last month's historic constitutional referendum…
(2020-11-05). Colombia: Commitment Reached To Meet 2016 Peace Accords. telesurenglish.net Representatives from the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) announced on Wednesday that six commitments were reached with Colombian authorities in order to observe the fulfillment of the 2016 Peace Accord. | RELATED: | The announcement comes after several violations of the peace agreement voiced by former combatants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) who have staged a march in Defense…