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Latin American and Caribbean laboratories strengthen zoonotic influenza detection through joint PAHO-IAEA workshop
Pan American Health Organization
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August 22, 2025
Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 2025 (PANAFTOSA/SPV-PAHO/WHO) – Laboratory technicians from 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries completed a five-day workshop in Rio de Janeiro to enhance the detection of avian influenza A (H5N1), a virus...
Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist, right-wing candidates
Collingwood Today
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivians were headed for an unprecedented runoff presidential election following a vote Sunday in which a dark horse centrist, Senator Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing front-runners, although not enough to...
Bolivia heads to presidential runoff, pitting centrist candidate against right wing
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Rodrigo Paz’s campaign gained unexpected traction in recent weeks, upsetting expectations that the two leading right-wing contenders would capture the top two spots in the election.Freddy Barragan/The Associated Press...
Bolivia elections expected to empower the right for first time in decades
ABC News - New York
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August 17, 2025
LA PAZ, Bolivia -- After a lackluster campaign overshadowed by a looming economic collapse, Bolivians voted on Sunday for a new president and parliament in elections that could see a right-wing government elected for the first time in over two...
Bolivia’s presidential vote headed for first-ever runoff between centrist, right-wing...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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With over 91% of the ballots counted Sunday, Paz had received 32.8% of the votes cast. Quiroga had 26.4%. Candidates needed to surpass 50%, or 40% with a 10-point margin of victory, to avoid a runoff. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier...
In Bolivia, voters could elect first right-wing government in over two decades
The Globe and Mail
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August 17, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Bolivian presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina, shown after voting on Sunday, is locked in a dead heat with former president Jorge Fernando 'Tuto' Quiroga, another right-wing candidate.Natacha Pisarenko/The...
Tiwanaku Temple Hiding in Plain Sight Rewrites Maps in Bolivia
LatinAmerican Post
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August 21, 2025
On a windswept Bolivian plain, archaeologists stumbled onto a temple where none should be—a massive Tiwanaku-style complex hidden beneath centuries of footsteps. The discovery redraws the frontier of a vanished empire and reveals how religion,...
Bolivia elections 2025: Right-wing resurgence amid economic turmoil
The Sun Daily
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August 17, 2025
LA PAZ: Bolivians head to the polls on Sunday in elections overshadowed by a severe economic crisis. The country faces its worst financial turmoil in decades, with inflation nearing 25 percent and shortages of fuel and foreign currency. Polls...
Bolivia heads to the polls as its right-wing opposition eyes first victory in decades
KSAT - Texas
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August 17, 2025
LA PAZ – Bolivians headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in presidential and congressional elections that could spell the end of the Andean nation's long-dominant leftist party and see a right-wing government elected for the first time in over two...
Socialism Just Imploded in Bolivia
Reason Magazine
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August 21, 2025
Two decades ago, democratic socialism was rising in Latin America. The so-called "pink tide" swept leftist leaders into power in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Their useful idiots in the U.S. were delighted....
Polls close in Bolivia as 20 years of leftist rule expected to end
Al Jazeera
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August 17, 2025
Polls have closed in Bolivia’s presidential and general elections, with the governing socialists expected to lose power after almost 20 years due to a deep economic crisis and division within the leftist coalition. Ballot stations shut at 4pm...
What’s in your water? La Paz landfill leachate risk explained
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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August 12, 2025
La Paz, Baja California Sur – La Paz sits on precious water. Most of it comes from underground, stored in aquifers that feed homes and businesses. A local specialist now warns that the city’s landfill is a weak point in that system. The waste pile...
Is a Bolivian ex-cop and TikToker key to its unexpected election results?
Buenos Aires Herald
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August 21, 2025
A political outsider broadcasting live from his secondhand clothing stand at a market in Santa Cruz, in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands, could unexpectedly find himself as the country’s vice president. Former police captain Edman Lara, 39, commands a...
Ancient temple discovery in Bolivia sheds new light on the mysterious Tiwanaku civilization
The Economic Times
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August 21, 2025
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable ancient temple complex in the Bolivian Andes that may redefine understanding of the Tiwanaku civilization, a precursor to the Inca Empire which flourished near Lake Titicaca over a thousand years ago....
Bolivian voters hungry for change, disillusioned by options ahead of election
The Mainichi
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Presidential candidate Samuel Doria Medina waves during a closing campaign rally in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- The campaign billboards adorning the streets of Bolivia for Sunday's...
Bolivian Elections: We’re Asking the Wrong Questions
Havana Times
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August 16, 2025
Presidential elections on Sunday, August 17 Presidential elections take place this Sunday, August 17, in Bolivia. Photo: Richard Pimentel / yahoo.com E By Huascar Salazar Lohman (zur.uy) HAVANA TIMES – “Who’ll win the elections?” “Does the...
Bolivian voters are hungry for change — and disillusioned by the options ahead of election
Associated Press
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August 15, 2025
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The campaign billboards adorning the streets of Bolivia for Sunday’s presidential election make grand promises: A solution to the dire economic crisis within 100 days, an end to fuel shortages and bread lines, unity for a...
Inflammation and aging: New ASU research reveals it's not as universal as once thought
Arizona State University
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It’s been a long-accepted reality that with age comes increased inflammation — so widely accepted it’s been dubbed “inflammaging.” With this increase in age-related chronic inflammation also comes serious health concerns, such as cardiovascular...
Bolivia’s Election Could Reshape Coca Policy
InSight Crime - Washington D.C.
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August 15, 2025
Bolivians will vote Sunday in a presidential election pitting candidates promising tougher anti-drug measures against defenders of the country’s nationalist coca policies. The result could reshape how the Andean nation addresses cocaine...
Bolivia election could see lurch to right as once-dominant party’s time runs out
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
In Plaza Murillo, the heart of Bolivia’s political capital, La Paz – and home to the presidential palace, parliament and the country’s main Catholic cathedral – time may be running out for a clock that runs backwards. Installed atop of the...