Che Guevara, Coca & More: 5 Fascinating Facts About Bolivia Ahead of October Runoff

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With Bolivia’s historic runoff election approaching, the nation stands at a crossroads. Find out the 5 fascinating facts about Bolivia’s political landscape, from the powerful influence of coca farmers to the links to Che Guevara.   #BoliviaElection #Runoff2025 #CheGuevara #CocaFarmers #BoliviaFacts #WorldNews #Politics #World   🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  For More Updates:  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00with no candidate having won outright general election in the south american nation of bolivia

00:18which was held on 17th of august has gone to a runoff the runoff elections between rodrigo

00:26past pereira and horge kerega are now scheduled for 19th of october as the country remains in

00:33the throes of a deep economic crisis here are the five key facts about the country

00:48with an altitude of about 12 000 feet the administrative capital la paz which has a

00:54population of nearly 2 million people is the highest capital city in the world visitors

01:01frequently suffer classic symptoms of altitude sickness including headaches fatigue nausea and

01:08shortness of breath souvenir shops at the airport in the neighboring city of el alto

01:13which is more than 4 000 meters above sea level sells small bottles of oxygen for those in need

01:29south america's longest serving president evo morales was the first indigenous bolivian to win the top

01:36office morales was a farmer of coca the main ingredient in cocaine he was elected in 2006

01:44and remained in power for nearly 14 years known to bolivians simply as emo he oversaw more than

01:51a decade of strong economic growth and dramatic poverty reduction but was forced to resign after

01:58seeking to extend his grip on power for a fourth term in 2019 morales who was barred from contesting

02:05elections because of term limits is now wanted on charges of trafficking a minor for allegedly

02:12fathering a child with a teenager while in office

02:26bolivia authorizes the cultivation and commercialization of coca for chewing tea making and religious rituals

02:33to remove the plant from the controlled substances list so that the products such as coca sweets and

02:45toothpaste can be exported currently bolivia permits the cultivation of 22 000 hectares of coca for legal

02:54national consumption the united nations office on drugs and crime estimates that the real figures

03:00are closer to 31 000 hectares with part of the production going towards the global cocaine trade

03:15german war criminal klaus bobby was one of the many nazis who fled to south america after world war ii

03:22to dodge prosecution a recent investigation by german weekly dar spiegel revealed bobby who became an

03:29advisor to the bolivian dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s played a key role in the development of

03:35cocaine trafficking through his connections with a local drug lord klaus bobby was the former head of

03:42the official secret police force of nazi germany called gestapo in leon france he was eventually extradited

03:48to france in 1983 where he died in prison eight years later

04:03it was in bolivia in 1967 that ernesto cheguera icon of leftist revolutionary struggle and anti-capitalism

04:11led his last guerrilla campaign the bolivian army captured and executed the argentine national

04:18aged 39 in the southeastern village of la higuera three decades later cheguera's remains were found in

04:25an unmarked mass grave and returned to cuba where he was buried with military honors

04:38recient the

04:57unmarked mass grave and

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