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‘Web of dark money’ tied to Obama, Dems fuels green opposition to crucial Trump energy plan

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FIRST ON FOX: An American energy leader is warning that several progressive «green» environmental groups opposing President Donald Trump’s nuclear energy plans are linked to a «web of dark money» groups with ties to former President Barack Obama and other Democrats.

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Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, warned during an interview with Fox News Digital that while claiming to stand for the planet, these groups «have prioritized ideology over innovation» and are «driven by green activists and groups deeply tied to the Democratic Party.»

«You follow the money, you’ll see where it leads. It leads straight to partisan mega-donors, foreign interests, and failed climate crusaders,» Isaac said. «This isn’t about the environment. It’s about political control over America’s energy future and our energy dominance.»

Isaac’s comments follow Trump’s signing of several executive orders in May to «usher in a nuclear renaissance» by cutting red tape to accelerate advancements in nuclear technologies. In one of the orders, Trump said that «abundant energy is a vital national- and economic-security interest» and «in conjunction with domestic fossil fuel production, nuclear energy can liberate America from dependence on geopolitical rivals.»

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An American energy leader is praising President Donald Trump’s nuclear energy plans, saying, «By championing nuclear power, the President is putting science, technology, and common sense ahead of the outdated, anti-energy green agenda pushed by the Left.» (Getty Images and SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

However, several environmentalist groups, such as the Union of Concerned Scientists, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and several individuals have been critical of Trump’s actions as unscientific.  

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In late July, the Union of Concerned Scientists published a statement lambasting Trump, saying that «since the Inauguration, the administration has systematically destroyed federal scientific systems.»

UCS published a report that claimed the Trump administration is advancing a «systematic effort to suppress climate science and dismantle actions to address the climate crisis that will increase costs and suffering, particularly for disadvantaged communities, while boosting fossil fuel pollution and profits.»

A Fox News Digital review of UCS donors found that the group has received financial support from left-wing donors like the Tides Foundation, whose 2023 U.S. tax return shows it has helped bankroll anti-Israel protests on college campuses, and the Alliance for Global Justice, which in turn is a fiscal sponsor of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, a group the U.S. Department of the Treasury later designated as «a sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.» 

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UCS has also received support from the U.S. Energy Foundation, which Fox News Digital previously reported was spun off from the same foundation as the Energy Foundation China.

Meanwhile, Nuclear Threat Initiative, another group that has been publicly wary of Trump’s nuclear agenda, was co-founded by Ted Turner, who once urged other countries to adopt China’s one-child policy, and led by CEO Ernest Moniz, who was secretary of energy under Obama.

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A protester holds a Palestinian flag during a march on Columbia University campus in New York City, April 29, 2024.  (REUTERS/David Dee Delgado)

Other Nuclear Threat Initiative leaders have links to Democratic causes through political contributions, such as the group’s president, Joan Rohlfing, who donated to former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, its vice president, Scott Roecker, who has donated to the Democratic National Committee, and its senior director, Nickolas Roth, who donated to Biden. 

A spokesperson for NTI told Fox News Digital that the organization «actively supports the rapid expansion of safe, secure, and cost-effective nuclear energy through the Nuclear Scaling Initiative (NSI), in partnership with the Clean Air Task Force and the EFI Foundation.»

«NSI’s goal is to enable the scaling of more than 50 gigawatts of nuclear capacity annually across the globe by the 2030s—advancing climate goals, energy security, nonproliferation, and economic development.»

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The spokesperson added that NTI is a «nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization» while pointing to a New York Post letter to the editor from Roecker pushing back on allegations of bias. 

Another group, Friends of the Earth, which has actively urged the world to «reject» Trump, has a history of far-left endorsements and contributions. In 2020, Friends of the Earth endorsed Black Lives Matter and called for defunding the police. The group has also endorsed the Green New Deal and said the U.S. must «provide finance for people in developing countries commensurate with what science and justice demand.»

During the 2020 election, Friends of the Earth Action endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., for the Democratic presidential nomination. In 2024, the group endorsed Harris for president.

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Then-Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally outside the Atlanta Civic Center, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Since 2015, Friends of the Earth Action PAC has donated thousands to Democratic or progressive candidates and causes, according to data gathered by OpenSecrets.

For its part, the Sierra Club, which routinely pushes back against Trump on its social media account, has had an even more extensive history of advancing progressive causes.

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In 2020, the Sierra Club supported defunding the police, saying, «The problems with policing can’t be solved through piecemeal reforms or getting rid of ‘a few bad apples.’»

The group also endorsed the Green New Deal, calling it a «big, bold transformation of the economy to tackle the twin crises of inequality and climate change.»

It has also said it is «committed to being an anti-racist organization.» In 2020, the group even condemned its founder, naturalist John Muir, for using racist language in the 1800s, saying it was «time to take down some of our own monuments.»

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The Sierra Club Foundation has, in turn, received significant support from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, left-wing Swiss megadonor Hansjorg Wyss’s Wyss Foundation, and The Climate Imperative Foundation, which infamously pushed the Biden administration’s move to ban gas stoves.

Greenpeace, which is well known for its dramatic climate protests, including boarding an oil vessel, has been a vocal critic of Trump for years, accusing the president of «defying science.»

Greenpeace has received support from New Venture Fund, whose website states that its day-to-day operations are managed in part by Arabella Advisors, the behemoth philanthropy services firm that also manages left-wing «dark money» funds. According to a 2017 tax filing, Greenpeace has also received funding from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which in turn receives funding from Mark Zuckerberg, Reed Hastings, and Jack Dorsey.

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In 2020, Greenpeace touted that a staff member was involved in creating a «Vision for Black Lives» platform and fully endorsed the program that called for reparations and a «guaranteed minimum livable income for all Black people.» The program also supported cutting funding from law enforcement and decriminalizing «all drug-related offenses and prostitution.»

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The group has provided funding to progressive state committees like the Colorado League of Responsible Voters, Colorado Rising for Health & Safety, and Democratic candidates and causes.

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Speaking with Fox News Digital, Isaac described the groups opposing Trump’s nuclear push as a «whole web of dark money-funded partisan and foreign-tied organizations

«I don’t think they want to solve the problem,» he said, adding, «these groups are about control, they’re about driving the cost of energy up and driving access to energy down so they can control the narrative and control every aspect of our lives.»

Will Hild, executive director of Consumers’ Research, told Fox News Digital, «the reality is the green agenda is a hodgepodge of anti-human activists who have adopted the green agenda as their religion, coupled with megalomaniacs and political operatives exploiting climate issues to push a broader ideological agenda.»

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«What we have seen for years is so-called ‘green’ groups pushing an anti-nuclear agenda that defies science, common sense, and the interests of the American people,» he said.

NTI has been publicly wary of Trump’s nuclear expansion, while UCS, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and Greenpeace have been heavily critical of the administration’s actions on environmental issues more generally. 

«Nuclear energy is statistically the safest, cleanest, and most reliable source of power we have, yet the left is doing everything they can to shut it down,» Hild went on. He criticized these «activist groups» for «the damage they’re doing to our economy, our security, and our future in pursuit of an extreme climate ideology.»

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Steve Milloy, who is a senior policy fellow at the Energy and Environment Institute and served on Trump’s 2016 transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency, also chimed in, calling the current moment «a critical turning point for the future of energy.»

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«For decades, radical environmental groups have tried to block nuclear energy, despite its unmatched record for safety and reliability,» he said. «By championing nuclear power, the President is putting science, technology, and common sense ahead of the outdated, anti-energy green agenda pushed by the Left.»

Fox News Digital also reached out to the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and UCS for comment but did not receive a response.

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Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido presionaron a Irán en la ONU para evitar la reimposición de sanciones por su programa nuclear

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La embajadora del Reino Unido ante las Naciones Unidas, Barbara Woodward, acompañada por otros miembros del E3, el embajador alemán Ricklef Beutin y el embajador adjunto francés Jay Dharmadhikari (REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis)

Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido instaron este viernes al régimen de Irán desde la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) a cumplir tres condiciones que permitan posponer la reimposición de sanciones, en el marco de una nueva fase de tensión diplomática en torno al programa nuclear iraní.

Según los representantes de los tres países, conocidos como el E3, la suspensión temporal de la medida denominada “snapback” —el restablecimiento inmediato de sanciones— dependería de la restauración del acceso de los inspectores nucleares de la ONU, de respuestas a las inquietudes sobre el inventario de uranio enriquecido de Irán y de la disposición a entablar negociaciones directas con Estados Unidos.

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En una declaración conjunta antes de una sesión a puerta cerrada del Consejo de Seguridad, la embajadora británica ante la ONU, Barbara Woodward, leyó el comunicado de los europeos, con sus pares franceses y alemanes a su lado. “Nuestras exigencias eran justas y realistas. Sin embargo, a día de hoy, Irán no ha dado ninguna señal de que tenga intención de cumplirlas”, declaró Woodward.

Woodward explicó que el E3 activó el jueves el proceso de snapback en respuesta a las reiteradas violaciones del acuerdo nuclear de 2015 por parte de Irán. Este mecanismo reactivaría en 30 días las sanciones de la ONU levantadas hace casi una década, a menos que el Consejo adopte una resolución que confirme su suspensión.

El mensaje de las potencias europeas se produce después de que Irán haya restringido la cooperación con el Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) tras los ataques sufridos en junio en sus instalaciones, atribuidos a Israel y Estados Unidos. Inspectores de la ONU han regresado a Irán, pero no existe aún acuerdo sobre la reanudación plena de las inspecciones.

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Irán respondió rechazando la propuesta del E3, calificándola de “llena de condiciones previas poco realistas”, según el embajador iraní ante la ONU, Amir Saeid Iravani. “Están exigiendo condiciones que deben ser el resultado de las negociaciones, no el punto de partida”, dijo Iravani, y añadió que esas demandas no pueden cumplirse. El embajador afirmó que el E3 debería respaldar una “extensión técnica corta e incondicional de la Resolución 2231”, que consagró el acuerdo nuclear de 2015, el llamado Plan de Acción Integral Conjunto (JCPOA).

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El embajador y representante permanente de Irán ante las Naciones Unidas, Amir Saeid Iravani (REUTERS/Archivo)

Rusia y China, aliados estratégicos de Irán, han presentado al Consejo de Seguridad un borrador de resolución que aboga por prorrogar seis meses el acuerdo nuclear y reanudar las negociaciones de inmediato. El primer borrador prohibía al E3 reimponer sanciones, pero esa cláusula ha sido retirada. La resolución necesitaría al menos nueve votos a favor y que ninguno de los cinco países con derecho a veto —Estados Unidos, Francia, el Reino Unido, China o Rusia— lo ejerciera.

La cuestión del cumplimiento del acuerdo nuclear de 2015 centra la crisis. El pacto, firmado entre Irán, el E3, Estados Unidos, China y Rusia, supuso el levantamiento de sanciones a cambio de severas restricciones al programa de enriquecimiento de uranio iraní. Sin embargo, la salida de Estados Unidos del pacto en 2018 y la restauración de sanciones por la administración de Donald Trump debilitaron gravemente el acuerdo, provocando que Irán comenzara a superar los límites pactados.

Según datos recientes, Irán acumula actualmente más de 400 kilos de uranio enriquecido al 60%, superando de manera amplia lo permitido para fines civiles. Los países europeos afirman que este nivel de incumplimiento tiene “graves consecuencias para la capacidad de Irán de avanzar hacia el desarrollo de un arma nuclear”. Las autoridades iraníes insisten en que su programa nuclear mantiene fines exclusivamente civiles y pacíficos.

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La controversia ha escalado tras la ofensiva militar iniciada por Israel contra Irán, con el respaldo de Washington, que incluyó ataques a instalaciones nucleares iraníes. Paralelamente, parlamentarios iraníes anunciaron la preparación de un proyecto de ley para abandonar el Tratado de No Proliferación Nuclear (TNP), bloquear negociaciones con las potencias occidentales y suspender la cooperación con la agencia atómica de la ONU.

El ministro iraní de Exteriores, Abbas Araqchi, reiteró que la República Islámica está dispuesta a reiniciar las negociaciones siempre que se demuestre “seriedad y buena fe” y no se emprendan “acciones destructivas” que dificulten el éxito de los futuros contactos. Araqchi cuestionó la legitimidad de las potencias europeas para liderar el proceso de rearme de sanciones: “Europa no solo no cumplió con sus compromisos de normalizar las relaciones comerciales y económicas con Irán, sino que violó el acuerdo”.

(Con información de AFP, EFE y Reuters)

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Pro-Palestinian conference panelist calls US ‘evil,’ urges ‘destroying the idea of America’

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A panelist speaking at the «People’s Conference for Palestine» in Detroit on Friday called the United States «an evil country» and expressed a need to «destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads.»

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Speaking on a panel titled «No Weapons for Genocide: The People Demand an Arms Embargo,» Sachin Peddada, a Ph.D. student in economics and research coordinator at Progressive International, repeatedly ripped on the United States as an «empire» motivated by greed.

In response to a question about how Americans can get more involved, Peddada paraphrased a quote by deceased Palestinian author Bassel al-Araj, saying, «The average American will never understand the plight of the Palestinian person because the state of Israel is a carbon copy of the United States.

«And, therefore, the thing to do is to destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things.»  

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As Peddada said these words, the crowd broke into applause.

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The statue of George Washington at the university that bears his name wears Palestinian flags, a keffiyeh and stickers in a Gaza solidarity encampment in Washington, D.C., May 6, 2024.  (Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Peddada continued, saying, «We have to dismantle this idea of American exceptionalism, of supremacy, of being beyond reproach.

«I think it’s very important that we normalize criticism as a healthy process and learn from our experiments in the world to push the boundaries of what is possible, to continue to fight for more and more and to see how the empire responds to us, to continue to push farther and harder.»

At another point during the panel, Peddada declared, «We live in an evil country.»

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He said that, since Oct. 7, 2023, «We can say with certainty that the U.S. has been the most complicit country — complicit is not even the right word to use — but the most responsible country for what is happening not only in Gaza but also the West Bank and also all over the global south.»

Peddada claimed that the U.S. is a country that has «functionally for decades been the sole superpower of the world» and has «an agenda that is driven primarily by the accumulation of profit at the expense of human lives.

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Protesters rally outside the Indiana state House chamber in Indianapolis Jan. 18, 2024. (Isabella Volmert/AP Photo)

«To obfuscate that point or beat around the bush there does not serve us; we live in an evil country, that’s just what’s happening,» he said as the crowd again broke into applause.

«That doesn’t mean we’re all evil,» he added. «But it does mean we have a unique responsibility. We have a unique position here in the heart of the empire to act in solidarity with all of our siblings in Gaza and in the West Bank, all around the world.»

Commenting on the remarks, one user on X posted, «As an American, I find this galling.»

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«My culture and history have already been relentlessly attacked — statues of Washington, Jefferson, and other Founders torn down as ‘controversial,’» he said. «Now we have conference speakers openly talking about ‘destroying the idea of America.’»

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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City Dec. 19, 2023.  (Stephen Yang for Fox News Digital)

The People’s Conference for Palestine, organized by a dozen pro-Palestinian groups, began Friday and will run through Sunday. Even before it started, the gathering drew scrutiny for featuring speakers with extremist views, including two former prisoners of Israel released in a Hamas deal, alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a prominent anti-Israel congresswoman.

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The conference opened Friday afternoon with an elaborate opening ceremony, in which a speaker, after leading the crowd in chants, invited attendees to rise for «our national anthem» as a band began playing a song in a foreign language. People wearing keffiyehs proceeded in, holding Palestinian flags.

Fox News Digital reached out to Progressive International and the People’s Conference for Palestine for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.

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El opositor Luis Fernando Camacho fue excarcelado en Bolivia y anunció que vuelve al poder en Santa Cruz de la Sierra: «¡Ya estamos de ida!»

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El líder opositor y gobernador suspendido de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Luis Fernando Camacho (46), fue excarcelado este viernes en Bolivia tras permanecer en prisión preventiva casi tres años por su presunta participación en las protestas de 2019 que precipitaron la renuncia del entonces presidente Evo Morales.

La salida de la prisión cercana a La Paz se produjo luego de que el Tribunal Supremo de Justicia ordenó esta semana que se le revoque el arresto preventivo y se le otorgue la detención domiciliaria con derecho a trabajar. Por esa razón, Camacho retorna a la región de Santa Cruz, donde su defensa adelantó que retomará sus funciones.

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A su salida del penal, el dirigente opositor abrazó a los policías del penal de Chonchocoro y caminó flanqueado por familiares y abogados. Lo hizo con su banda de gobernador en el pecho y una bandera verde y blanca de su región.

Se subió a un auto y se fue al aeropuerto de El Alto, donde tomó un vuelo privado para ir a Santa Cruz. Remarcó que asumirá funciones una vez pise suelo de su región, donde sus partidarios le preparan una festiva bienvenida en las calles de la ciudad.

“Como decía (Nelson) Mandela, en la cárcel se descubre uno mismo, analiza los errores que cometió y valora mejor a la gente», dijo Camacho a su salida. “Jamás me arrodillé y dije siempre que voy a salir por la puerta grande, nunca negociando mi libertad. No pude ver crecer a mi hijo pero fue mi compromiso con Dios y con mi familia”.

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«El mejor vengador es Dios, no tengo odio, ni rencor, la cárcel fortaleció mis convicciones. No voy a huir del país”, agregó Camacho, que afronta un proceso por presunta sedición después de liderar las protestas en 2019 que precipitaron la renuncia de Morales (2006-2019), luego de las denuncias por presunto fraude en los comicios de ese año en los que buscaba un nuevo mandato.

Además, enfrenta otro juicio por haber encabezado, tras ser elegido gobernador de Santa Cruz, protestas durante 36 días en contra del gobierno del presidente Luis Arce para exigir que realizara un nuevo censo de población. Estos procesos seguirán mientras cumple arresto domiciliario, aunque podrá salir a realizar sus labores, según dictaminó el juez en La Paz.

El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia ordenó esta semana que se revoque también el arresto preventivo de la expresidenta interina Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) y del dirigente cívico Marco Antonio Pumari por haberse excedido el plazo de esa medida. Los tres están acusados en el contexto de las protestas de 2019 que dejaron al menos 37 muertos y forzaron la renuncia de Morales.

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La libertad de Áñez tomaría más tiempo ya que la Justicia debe anular varios procesos en curso en la vía ordinaria para que se inicie en libertad un juicio político reservado a exmandatarios en el ejercicio del cargo, explicó su abogado defensor Luis Guillén.

Áñez participa el viernes de una audiencia virtual por la muerte de manifestantes en la que está procesada por presunto genocidio. La exmandataria lleva cuatro años y cinco meses detenida en un penal común de La Paz condenada a 10 años por «incumplimiento de deberes y resoluciones contrarias a la constitución» por la sesión parlamentaria en la que asumió el cargo siendo senadora opositora tras la renuncia de Morales.

La Corte Suprema debe analizar un pedido de «revisión extraordinaria de sentencia» para que el juicio «se reencause por la vía que corresponde, un juicio de responsabilidades», destacó Guillén. Después de ese pronunciamiento, que no tiene plazo, Añez podría salir libre.

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La fiscalía alega que el mandato de Áñez fue «ilegal» y producto de un «golpe de Estado». La oposición sostiene que las protestas de 2019 fueron una «rebelión contra el fraude».

Amnistía Internacional y la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) dijeron que los juicios en contra de los tres tienen motivaciones políticas y que no se respetó el debido proceso.

La decisión de la Justicia se da tras las elecciones del 17 de agosto que marcaron un giro político luego de la derrota del izquierdista Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) de Morales y Arce, que gobernó por casi 20 años la nación andina.

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