Read about 22 new stake presidencies called recently — from Alaska to Bolivia

2 Nov 2025, 2:00 p.m. MST The following new stake presidencies have recently been called to serve. AHUACHAPÁN EL SALVADOR EL ESPINO STAKE: (Sept. 21, 2025) President — Salvador Enrique González Hernández, 36, Teamswell administrative assistant;...

Student recognised for education pathway tool

University of Otago medical student Josiah Bugden has won the Momentum student entrepreneur category in the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards. The acknowledgement came for CourseSpy which began as a side-project for Mr Bugden and evolved...

Alvaro Vargas Llosa: Bolivia — Goodbye to authoritarian populism

Rodrigo Paz, a senator in Bolivia’s Christian Democratic Party who offers “capitalism for all” and a transition away from almost 20 years of authoritarian populism under the MAS party, recently won the presidental run-off election. Paz will take...

Arzobispo, Metropolitano Methodios lideran vigilia por la paz mundial en West Roxbury

WEST ROXBURY -- El Arzobispo Richard G. Henning y el Metropolitano Methodios de la Metrópolis Ortodoxa Griega de Boston presidieron una vigilia conjunta de oración por la paz en todo el mundo en la Parroquia de Santa Teresa de Ávila en West...

Most Yuma and La Paz schools graded 'highly performing' in new state report

The report cards are in, and most of Yuma and La Paz counties' schools have earned passing grades. Each year, the Arizona Department of Education releases letter grades for public schools. As the state's accountability model, A-F school letter...

Legal reform is key to protecting intellectual property rights of Indigenous culture

Our country is at a complicated juncture in integrating its thriving Indigenous heritage with its subsisting legal instruments for intellectual property. In spite of a cultural terrain of over 45 Indigenous communities, the legal apparatus stays...

MoS Pabitra Margherita to Visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba to Strengthen India’s Ties with Latin America

Guwahati: Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles, Shri Pabitra Margherita, is scheduled to embark on an official visit to three Latin American and Caribbean nations, Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba from November 4 to 10, 2025. During...

Mexican Navy rescues 28 children being transported at sea near Topolobampo

The Mexican Navy has rescued 28 minors who were allegedly being transported illegally aboard a vessel without a declared route. There are conflicting reports about Thursday’s incident, which occurred near the port of Topolobampo in the...

A pioneering therapy born out of research at a hospital in Spain gives new life to eight children with leukaemia

Lucía Álvarez was diagnosed with type B lymphoblastic leukaemia, the most common childhood cancer, when she was just 17 months old. Now, at the age of 15, Lucía, who is from Cadiz, says that for the first time she feels like she's been cured....

Develan Rotarios de Somerton monumento a la paz

Somerton- “Que la paz prevalezca en el mundo” es el mensaje que puede leerse en tres idiomas en el monumento Poste de la Paz, develado por el Club Rotario local. El monumento reconocido internacionalmente fue develado el 23 de octubre en la plaza...

Bolivian Senate Approves Law to Protect Children Orphaned by Femicide

October 30, 2025 Hour: 1:41 pm On Wednesday, Bolivia’s Senate approved the Law for Comprehensive Protection and Reparation for Daughters and Sons Orphaned by Femicide and Other Crimes Against Life and sent it to President Luis Arce for enactment...

Indigenous filmmakers have their lenses aimed

November is National Native American Heritage Month—a period when public attention is briefly directed toward Indigenous people more out of obligation than moral responsibility. So says Ernest M. Whiteman III, a Northern Arapaho filmmaker and...

Q&A: Fulbright Scholar brings agroecology research to IC

Georgina Catacora-Vargas is a visiting professor from Bolivia at Ithaca College through the Fulbright Scholar Program, which allows for non-citizens of the United States to come to colleges and universities across the U.S. to shine an...

El Florido, a Tijuana-Based Supermarket Chain, Opens Its First Store in La Paz

With a commitment to offering low prices and quality products, El Florido has opened its first grocery store in La Paz, bringing thousands of items to fill local families’ basic shopping baskets. The grand opening was attended by state and...

La Paz honors Indigenous women in fashion festival for 477th anniversary

Bolivia’s shift to the right renews ambition to mine vast lithium reserves

Bolivia’s election of centre-right President-elect Rodrigo Paz Pereira could see the country open its vast lithium resources to foreign investors to bolster its faltering economy – a move that could benefit the US after years of hostility toward...

Bolivia Breaks with ALBA Under Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s Leadership After Electoral Victory and Announces Restored Ties with the U.S., Leaving the Bloc on the Brink of Collapse for Supporting Authoritarian Regimes

Bolivia’s president-elect, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, has announced the country’s immediate withdrawal from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a regional bloc driven by the governments of Cuba and Venezuela. This decision,...

Day of the Dead: A Mexican Tradition Embraced Across Latin America

The Day of the Dead is a tradition that originated in Mexico and is now celebrated throughout much of Latin America, where Mexican culture is highly regarded. Credit: Josep Maria Freixes / Colombia One. In Mexico, the first days of November are...

Bolivia Returns to the White Ruling Elite

Bolivia’s October 19 runoff vote not only elected the center-right Rodrigo Paz Pereira as the next president but put the final nail in the coffin of the nearly twenty-year rule of an indigenous left-wing coalition. The Christian Democrat Paz,...

Tony Wood: Sell Your Children

The last seven years​ have brought a string of successes for the right in Latin America. In October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency. In June the following year, Nayib Bukele came to power in El Salvador, and that November, the...