Americas

A final vote tally by Bolivia's electoral board gave President Evo Morales an outright win in the first-round election on Oct. 24, with 47.07% of ballots compared to 36.51% for runner-up Carlos Mesa, data on the board's website showed.

Bolivia's leftist leader Evo Morales was on track to win a fraught presidential race outright, edging to a decisive 10-point lead over his main rival after accusing the opposition on Oct. 23 of attempting a "coup" against him.

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera declared a state of emergency in the capital Santiago early on Oct. 19, as the city of 6 million descended into chaos amid riots that left a downtown building engulfed in flames and its metro system shuttered.

23 people were killed and many were injured after a passenger bus fell into a 100-meter deep ravine in southern Peru, according to BGNES.

The tragedy occurred in the Quispicanchi Province, which is part of the Cusco region, famous for tourist sites such as the ancient city of Machu Picchu.

The U.S. announced on Sept. 19 that it is expelling two Cuban diplomats and restricting travel of members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations as leaders gather from around the world for the annual U.N. General Assembly.

In the second phase of the World Cup, Serbia's top basketball players will play against Puerto Rico who defeated Tunisia in a dramatic final quarter, eliminating the African team by winning 67-64.

Maya Manolova resigns as an Ombudsman to run for mayor of Sofia. She announced this herself late Monday with a video uploaded to Facebook. The Ombudsman's press centre announced that she would deposit her resignation to the National Assembly at 15:30 today.

Today, Maya Manolova is expected to resign as ombudsman and enter the race for mayor post in Sofia.

Manolova's nomination will be launched by an Initiative Committee. The BSP has not yet decided whether they will apply or support Maya Manolova.

Today, the Socialists will meet to discuss it. The National Council will approve some of the candidates for mayor of the party.

The number of wildfires in the Amazon jungle continues to grow, although the government has introduced a ban on fire making for farmland cleaning, AFP reported.

In the first 48 hours after the ban was introduced, data from the satellite of the National Space Research Institute showed 3859 new outbreaks, of which 2000 were concentrated in the rain forest area.

Brazil said on Aug. 27 it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.