Senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia’s presidential runoff on Sunday, pledging to repair relations with Washington and curb spending to address the deepest economic crisis in four decades.
Crowds spilled into the streets of Ecuador’s capital of Quito, burning tyres, blocking roads and facing off against police officers who responded with volleys of tear gas.
The Pentagon has backtracked on suggestions Richard Marles did not meet US counterpart Pete Hegseth in Washington this week, just hours after calling the encounter ‘happenstance’.
The attack on the South American leader’s motorcade comes as a corruption scandal threatens to entangle his inner circle, including his sister and chief of staff.
The company at the centre of a Coldplay ‘kiss cam’ scandal that has caught the world’s attention has broken its silence, debunking a viral statement credited to the CEO.