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The Morning Briefing: Let's Trade the Vodka for Diet Coke. I Have a Kremlin Hangover.
PJ Media - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
Happy Monday, Morning Briefing readers. I'm filling in for Kruiser today — I'm not sure where he is, but the last time any of us saw him, he was chasing and cursing the ice cream man because he ran out of Bomb Pops. It's also his mom's 87th...
Decades of Socialist Rule at Stake as Bolivia Vote Count Starts
Yahoo Finance
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Bolivia's Departmental Electoral Tribunal billboard promoting the presidential election, in La Paz on Aug. 16. (Bloomberg) -- The vote count is underway in Bolivia’s presidential and congressional elections that may end years of socialist rule and...
Bolivia to hold Presidential Elections on Sunday
Vatican News
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August 16, 2025
Bolivia is holding its Presidential Election on Sunday, amidst its worst economic crisis in twenty years. By James Blears Bolivia is currently suffering due to acute shortages of food, fuel, medicines and dwindling currency reserves. Outgoing...
Health bosses issue warning as deadly Oropouche virus with 'severe consequences' found in UK for first time
Manchester Evening News
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August 15, 2025
Health officials have issued a warning as Oropouche virus has been reported in the UK for the first time following a rise in global infections. Experts warn the flu-like illness can have "severe consequences" for pregnant women, warning that the...
Bolivia: a country about to explode
Latinoamerica21
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August 14, 2025
Bolivia is living through the final days of a long, chaotic and turbulent electoral process. If we ask when the political parties actually began their campaigns, no one would have a clear answer. More than ever, the Plurinational Constitutional...
Hobbs declares State of Emergency after Oxbow Bridge collapse in La Paz County
Yuma Sun - Arizona
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August 12, 2025
Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in La Paz County following the collapse of the Oxbow Bridge into the Colorado River after it was destroyed by wildfire, enabling the release of state resources and funding to assist in...
Trailer overturn on La Paz Todos Santos highway after driver swerves to avoid cow
Puerto Vallarta Daily News
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August 12, 2025
La Paz, Baja California Sur – A nighttime crash on the La Paz–Todos Santos highway sent a tractor-trailer onto its side and the driver to the hospital. The rollover happened Monday, August 11, after the operator reportedly tried to avoid a cow in...
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...
Health warning issued on mosquito bites abroad amid rise in chikungunya cases
The Independent
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August 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Paraguay declares health emergency over measles outbreak
United Press International (UPI)
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A healthcare worker administers a dose of measles vaccine during a vaccination campaign in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in late June. Bolivian health authorities intensified vaccination campaigns in the nine regions of the South American country after the...
Deadly ‘sloth virus’ detected in UK for first time as health watchdog issues urgent warning
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Who Will Lose Out If the Rich Succeed in Helping the Right Win in Bolivia?
Common Dreams
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August 15, 2025
Ahead of this Sunday’s presidential election in Bolivia, the latest polling from Ipsos Ciesmori, released last weekend, reveals a close horserace in Bolivia’s presidential race between perennial centrist candidate and business magnate Samuel Doria...
Bolivia’s Doria Medina bets on social media for election win
Context
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What’s the context? Appealing to young Bolivian voters on social media could likely determine the outcome of the August 17 presidential election. Young Bolivians to influence outcome of general election Presidential candidate Doria Medina has...
Outstanding New 2024 Diamond Drill Results Tanbreez Project
Investing News Network
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August 20, 2025
“The industry is navigating a period of complexity,” said Paul Lusty, head of battery raw materials at Fastmarkets, speaking at the firm’s June lithium conference. Still, he emphasized that long-term fundamentals remain “anchored in mega trends,”...
Bolivia’s election may spell the end of its long-ruling left. Here’s what to know
Associated Press
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August 12, 2025
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — For most of Renan Aliaga’s adult life, a single name dominated the politics of Bolivia: Evo Morales. Morales, a former union leader for coca farmers, founded the Andean nation’s most successful political party and...
Added sugars in our diets
The Brunswick Beacon - North Carolina
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Earlier this month our NC Cooperative Extension office participated in the annual Brunswick County Health and Wellness Fair at the Government Complex in Bolivia. There were exhibits from local businesses and organizations as well as fitness...
Why Bolivia’s Election Matters So Much
Journal of Democracy
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August 14, 2025
The small South American country has become a strategic foothold for authoritarian powers. Its election is hugely important for the future of democracy across the region. By Jhanisse Vaca Daza August 2025 Bolivians head to the polls this Sunday,...
UK on alert for 'nasty' tropical disease with 'severe joint and muscle pain'
Daily Star
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August 14, 2025
Steven Smith Content Editor 11:42, 14 Aug 2025 Health authorities are advising holidaymakers to guard against mosquito bites, following an increase in chikungunya cases among UK travellers returning from overseas. The UK Health Security Agency...
Barred from Bolivia’s elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes
Associated Press
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August 14, 2025
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Barred from appearing on Sunday’s ballot, former leftist president Evo Morales has launched a scrappy campaign for a presidential contender with no name, no face and no formal platform. The contender’s known as “Nulo” —...
La Paz Pearls: Cacao Dreams Brew Sweet Success in La Paz
Gringo Gazette
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August 1, 2025
A year ago, it was suggested that I write an article about the newly opened, charming cacao bar in La Paz, Katkow, on Belisario Dominguez street. Cacao or chocolate is deeply rooted in ancient Mexican traditions and culture, and despite this fact,...