Bolivia’s President Arce, polls slipping, quits 2025 presidential racePolls indicate that the embattled president has been falling further and further behind his left-wing rivals — Morales and Senate President Andronico Rodríguez. With the MAS under Arce’s control, Morales was forced to break away and create his own party to host his candidacy.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-elections-morales-arce-race-campaign-polls-leftwing-9296923408ddcfa429aff4cf9e3e7626Bolivia top court upholds ruling blocking Morales' election eligibility“Once again, we call on the brothers and sisters who have distanced themselves to return to their families and to the cradle of the true revolution so that we, together and united, can triumph at the polls and rebuild the destroyed homeland,” Morales stressed.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/evo-morales-reaffirms-his-interest-in-seeking-the-bolivian-presidency/Colombia joins China’s Belt and Road InitiativeAccording to the President’s Office, the historic agreement would allow Colombia to close its $14 billion trade deficit with China, which represents “practically the entire trade deficit” of the South American country. Colombia’s “fiscal deficit would become practically zero and its capacity to pay its debt would increase by two,” said the president.
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-joins-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/Peruvian Prime Minister Adrianzén resigns In his resignation message alongside President Dina Boluarte, Adrianzén cited the “high interests of the homeland.” He claimed his 15-month tenure had numerous achievements, despite President Boluarte’s near 0% approval rating.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/05/14/peruvian-prime-minister-adrianzen-resignsDenmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shiftThe Scandinavian country is one of Europe’s most renewables-rich energy markets and home to Ørsted, the world’s biggest offshore wind company. More than 80% of its electricity is generated from renewables, including wind, biofuels and solar, according to the International Energy Agency. But Denmark may begin investing in modular nuclear reactors too, Lars Aagaard, the energy and climate minister, suggested.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/14/denmark-rethinking-40-year-nuclear-power-ban-amid-europe-wide-shiftLegal group reveals extent of anti-Palestinian repression across GermanyThe European Legal Support Center (ELSC) launched a database on anti-Palestinian repression in Germany on May 13, with plans to expand it to include other European countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/05/14/legal-group-reveals-extent-of-anti-palestinian-repression-across-germany/Court rules in favor of The New York Times over texts between the EU chief and a pharma bossThe case highlights questions about transparency at the commission, which insists that text messages and other “ephemeral” electronic communications do not necessarily constitute documents of interest that should be saved or made public.
https://apnews.com/article/europe-commission-court-text-message-leyen-pfizer-1b43a00297ddf33272d3acb7e7f7e198NHS FightBack campaigns at Royal Bournemouth Hospital protest: “We shouldn’t be afraid to speak up”Around 1,300 workers—including caterers, porters, cleaners, estate and maintenance workers—will be transferred into a SubCo by September. Workers across the Dorset Hospital Trusts (DHT) will be affected, with similar lunch time protests this week at Poole General Hospital and Dorset County Hospital.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/14/qrum-m14.htmlPhilippine midterms: did pro-Duterte candidates benefit from ‘China-funded’ troll farms?The complaint, filed with Comelec by Filipino citizen Dillan Mangilit, includes traffic logs, bot activity reports and metadata trails that allegedly point to coordinated foreign-backed efforts to amplify pro-Duterte content.
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3310355/philippine-midterms-did-pro-duterte-candidates-benefit-china-funded-troll-farmshttps://archive.ph/5j07W1 killed, 10 wounded in grenade attack on pro-army rally in PakistanA suspected militant on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at participants of a pro-army rally in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding 10 others, police and hospital officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-balochistan-rally-supporting-army-grenade-attack-65305ba1612129320c062716ee9c6484