President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on June 20, deploying the military to remove roadblocks that had killed at least 17 people and left La Paz hospitals without oxygen.
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Venezuela’s twin earthquakes kill 235 and leave tens of thousands missing
Back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck near Caracas on 24 June, killing at least 235 people in Venezuela’s worst seismic disaster since 1900.
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Far-right lawyer De la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff
Abelardo de la Espriella won Colombia’s June 22 presidential runoff with 49.7% against leftist Ivan Cepeda’s 48.7%, ending four years of leftist governance in the closest election in the country’s modern history.
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De la Espriella wins Colombia’s presidential runoff in narrowest race on record
Abelardo de la Espriella’s narrow runoff win on June 21 ends four years of Gustavo Petro’s leftist government and reshapes US-Colombia ties.
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Colombia’s ELN declares ceasefire for Sunday’s presidential runoff
Colombia’s ELN declared a four-day ceasefire around Sunday’s presidential runoff, with voter coercion claims casting a shadow over the polarized contest between De la Espriella and Cepeda.
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Fujimori wins Peru’s presidency with 51.7% in closely watched runoff
Keiko Fujimori won Peru’s June 7 presidential runoff with 51.73% against leftist Roberto Sánchez, ending a decade of serial instability with a hard-right mandate focused on crime and security.
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De la Espriella leads Colombia’s first round, forcing June 21 runoff
Criminal defense lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella led Colombia’s presidential first round with 43.74%, forcing a June 21 runoff against Iván Cepeda despite polls that had favoured the left.
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Bolivia’s capital under siege as Paz faces worst political crisis in 40 years
Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces road blockades paralyzing La Paz, draining over $50 million from the economy daily and blocking emergency vehicles from hospitals, six months after his historic election.