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A woman walks her horse carrying firewood past a home decorated with a poster of Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo in Puna, Peru.

Frustrated by student struggles, teacher now on verge of Peru presidency

Defying the polls, rural primary school teacher Pedro Castillo topped the votes in the first round of Peru’s presidential poll and will contest the run-off against one of the nation’s most established political figures.

  • Franklin Briceno and Regina Garcia Cano

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Standing behind bars, Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Anez speaks to an unidentified woman at a police station jailhouse, in La Paz, Bolivia.

Former Bolivian president behind bars, alleges persecution over coup claims

Jeanine Anez and a raft of ministers and security officials face charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy over an alleged coup against Bolivia’s 13-year socialist government.

  • Daniel Ramos and Monica Machicao
Luis Arce, center, Bolivian presidential candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism Party, MAS, and running mate David Choquehuanca, second right, celebrate as they claim victory.

Morales' minister wins Bolivia's presidential election

The vote throws out the conservative US-backed interim government that took power a year ago after the leftist leader resigned and fled the country.

  • Carlos Valdez
Then president of Chile Augusto Pinochet in 1983.

#CaudilloDay: New anti-Trump ads compare him to Latin American dictators

"What is a caudillo? An authoritarian. A demagogue. A dictator," the campaign's introduction ad says in bold white letters.

  • Bianca Padro Ocasio
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the press conference at the BRICS Summit.

BRICS most notable for the burning issues it ignored

The summit brought together the chiefs of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa but avoided the thorniest issues.

  • Lia Timson
Supporters of ousted president Evo Morales take to the streets wearing traditional ponchos and waving Wiphala flags, a symbol used by the area's indigenous peoples.

Bolivian crisis: 'There are two groups of people claiming to be the government'

Bolivia's self-proclaimed provisional president is facing trouble, while experts warn: "There are two groups of people claiming to be the government."

  • Matthew Bristow and John Quigley
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Bolivia's second Senate Vice-President and opposition politician Jeanine Anez, centre, wearing the Presidential sash, addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Quemado palace in La Paz after declaring herself interim president.

With Morales in Mexico, Bolivia has a new self-declared president

Jeanine Anez has assumed temporary control of the Senate and declared herself the country's interim president following the resignation of Evo Morales.

  • Luis Andres Henao
Police against the re-election of President Evo Morales stand on the rooftop of a police station just meters away from the presidential palace waving national flags, near a sign that reads in Spanish: "The police is with the people".

Police abandon posts outside Bolivia's presidential palace in ominous sign for Morales

Police have retreated to their barracks in at least three cities, as reports indicate many are openly declaring mutinies.

  • Carlos Valdez
Bolivia's President Evo Morales

Bolivia's Morales defies term limits

Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched his campaign for a fourth term.

  • Daniel Ramos

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