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People protest with signs against sexual abuse by a priest outside the Bolivian Archbishopric office in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 19, 2023. Milton Murillo, a Bolivian priest, has been remanded in custody on suspicion of abusing seminarians a decade ago, shortly after news broke of what has turned out to be the largest pedophilia scandal in the Andean country’s history, involving the deceased Jesuit priest. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Bolivia's Catholic Church acknowledges being 'deaf' to sex abuse victims
By CARLOS VALDEZ - Associated Press
Wed,05/24/23-8:50PM , 87 Reads
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia acknowledged Wednesday that the church had been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse, commenting as a pedophilia scandal involving priests is rocking the country.
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Former Jesuit Pedro Lima stops to talk to journalists after landing at El Alto international airport in El Alto, Bolivia, Monday, May 22, 2023, before traveling to the capital La Paz to make a statement at the public prosecutors office related to a church pedophilia scandal. Lima denounced pedophilia by the late Spanish Jesuit Priest, Alfonso Pedrajas, and was expelled from the Society of Jesus in 2001. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Pope sends Vatican official to Bolivia as abuse allegations escalate
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Mon,05/22/23-7:58PM , 69 Reads
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by an escalating pedophilia scandal involving priests.
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Dr. Carlos Ortuno drives a Bolivian-made, Quantum electric car to a house call, in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Launched in 2019, Quantum Motors has only sold 350 electric cars in Bolivia. But their founders recently received a boost from the German city of Bonn, which invested 50,000 euros to acquire six units in support of a local program that sends doctors to people's homes. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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Bolivian EV startup hopes tiny car will make it big in lithium-rich country
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Sun,05/14/23-8:51AM , 50 Reads
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia's capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city.
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A grocery seller waits for customers at the "Feria de Ramos," or Palm Fair, in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, April 2, 2023. The Palm Fair, which began as a way to recreate the livestock markets of biblical times, is currently dominated by all sorts of informal trade. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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US dollar scarcity threatens Bolivia's 'economic miracle'
By CARLOS VALDEZ - Associated Press
Sat,04/15/23-8:34AM , 56 Reads
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Sofia Andrade, a lawyer, chose over the past month to withdraw all her dollar savings from the bank as the US currency became scarce on the streets of Bolivia.

“I prefer to have them at home,” she said. “I fear they won’t let me withdraw them later.”
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