Prosecutors in Bolivia are seeking the arrest of former President Evo Morales in connection to a sexual abuse investigation involving his alleged fathering of a child with a 15-year-old girl.

Bolivia is the only country in the world that holds elections for top judicial posts.

The men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting our communities often face battles of their own, hidden behind their badges.

Bolivia’s transformative and divisive former President Evo Morales has told the Associated Press that he would press on with a hunger strike until the government of his protégé-turned-rival agreed to a political dialogue.

Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claims he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened fire on his car.

Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces have confronted protesters loyal to former President Evo Morales in a street melee.

Miami police shot a suspect in the city’s Liberty City neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, a police spokesperson said.

A 32-year-old man confessed to recording lustful videos of an 11-year-old girl and a 54-year-old woman without their knowledge in Miami’s Little Havana, police said.

Authorities responded to a police-involved shooting in Little Havana Thursday afternoon, according to Officer Michael Vega, a spokesman for the Miami Police Department.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is accusing his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving the Bolivian people by staging a “self-coup” last week.

Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating a police shooting that occurred Tuesday night in the city of Miami, authorities confirmed.

Two men confronted a 40-year-old burglar on Thursday morning in Miami’s Allapattah area, according to police.

A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Key West home is now also accused of illegally accessing law enforcement computer systems to look up information on the man she was now dating, according to the agency.

A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy is facing a felony charge after authorities said he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home in Key West Monday morning.

Miami Beach welcomed the Ultra Music Festival in 1999. The massive electronic music party moved across Biscayne Bay to downtown Miami in 2001.

Videos show deputy and police-involved shootings that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating in Broward County’s city of Pompano Beach and Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.

A Hallandale Beach man left a puppy outside with no food or water for nearly a month, according to police. Investigators are now trying to find him.

Miami police are searching for a 67-year-old man who has been reported missing.

An officer with the Miami Police Department was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital late Monday afternoon after being hit by a vehicle in the city’s Overtown neighborhood.

A man was formally charged Wednesday in connection with a Jan. 16, 2021, shooting in Miami that left a 6-year-old girl dead, authorities announced Thursday.

A man who spray painted a red food truck Tuesday in Miami Beach was nearly beaten to death by the man who caught him in the act and three other men, authorities said.

Homestead police were seeking more potential victims after they said a husband-wife pair of unlicensed contractors defrauded an 80-year-old disabled Navy veteran out of $10,000 for a fraudulent remodeling job and left her kitchen in ruins.

A 16-year-old girl told police officers that a 30-year-old man said he would help her after her father kicked her out of her home — but he took advantage of her instead.

A controversial member of the Miami Police Department has been reinstated eight months after being let go.

A family wants answers after a 41-year-old woman — who had reported suffering from extreme stress due to a hostile work environment at the Miami Police Department — left her office in an ambulance and died.

It has been one year since Manny Morales became chief of the Miami Police Department. He admits his title is challenging and his first year was at times tough.

Republicans in some heavily conservative states won their campaigns for secretary of state last year after claiming they'd make major changes aimed at keeping fraud out of elections.

The City of Miami Police Chief spoke on Tuesday about a longtime sergeant's shocking retirement message.

The South Florida Police Benevolent Association has subpoenaed staff members of the City of Miami Police Department, including the police chief, to testify at a whistleblower hearing at City Hall Tuesday regarding accusations of racism and corruption.

Police arrested a Miami man Wednesday after he was accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend on New Year’s Eve, authorities said.

A 38-year-old man who stands accused of killing his girlfriend’s 21-month-old son in 2019 appeared in court on Thursday after U.S. Marshals arrested him on Wednesday.

The Miami Police Department held a promotions ceremony on Wednesday at the James L. Knight Center in Downtown Miami.

Former Mike Pence aide Diego Morales won the Republican nomination to become Indiana’s secretary of state after talking up a push for tighter state voting restrictions and appealing to those who believe the 2020 presidential election was riddled with fraud.

A controversial member of the City of Miami Police Department has been fired.

A 16-year-old accused of shooting two students waiting for a school bus in northwest Miami-Dade appeared in court Friday morning, where prosecutors revealed they plan to charge him as an adult.

Two Jesuit priests killed last week in remote mountains of northern Mexico are have been buried in the village where a gunman attacked them inside the church last week.

A former Mike Pence aide seeking to oust Indiana’s Republican secretary of state is fending off criticism about twice leaving jobs in that office after being written up for poor job performance.

Rigoberto Morales, 54, and Arlem Cristina Silva Cruz, 35, were both charged with grand theft.

The City of Miami has a new police chief.

New Miami Police Chief Manny Morales started his career in 1994 as a patrolman.

Manuel Morales, the Miami police veteran who has served as interim chief since Art Acevedo’s ouster last year, has been appointed to the permanent job.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and interim Police Chief Manuel Morales are scheduled to announce the arrest of a suspect at 5 p.m., on Thursday, outside of the Miami Police Department’s headquarters.

Police announced Saturday that 44-year-old Arturo Morales was taken into custody as a result of their ongoing investigation into the shooting.

Jonathan Morales turned 18 about a month ago. He was out on probation on Monday when he stabbed a woman, fled in a stolen car, crashed, ditched the car, threatened a man, and stole his car, police said.

Homestead police are searching for a driver who they said was captured on surveillance video striking a bicyclist with their pickup truck and then fleeing the scene.

With bottles of gel, temperature checks and wide-open windows a new school year has begun for millions of children in Mexico.

As the search continues for 10 more missing people after a boat that sailed out of Cuba capsized Wednesday night, relatives say they are just hopeful that their loved ones were among the eight people who were rescued Thursday by the U.S. Coast Guard.

A homeless man dares a Miami police officer to shoot him, but instead he's hit with tasers, but even those don't stop him.

HIALEAH, Fla. – A Hialeah man revealed a top prize on his $5 scratch ticket — and it was worth half a million bucks. Leonardo Morales, 55, was a $500,000 winner on the Diamond Mine 9X scratch-off, Florida Lottery announced Tuesday. That particular game launched in December and features over $48 million in total cash prizes. Morales bought the lucky ticket at Gaby Grocery Discount (1090 East 17th Street in Hialeah), lottery officials said. ALSO SEEMiami man wins big in Mega Millions drawingMiami man wins $1 million on $20 scratch-offMiami-Dade woman wins $5 million top prize on scratch-offAdBroward man wins $1,000 a week for life lottery prizeMiami-Dade man wins $2 million in Powerball drawing

Copyright 2021 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved. No creo estar listo para compartirlo aún, ya que todavía lo estoy asimilando todo”, compartió Morales. “Desde que Wood reabrió sus puertas en octubre después de haber estado cerrado durante 6,5 meses, las ventas bajaron un promedio del 80%. Restricciones por COVID, capacidad limitada, distanciamiento social, no poder ordenar en el bar y por supuesto el toque de queda tuvieron que ver con esto”. (Copyright 2021 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – After over a decade of drawing lines out the door for their cocktails, beer, and tacos, Wood Tavern in Wynwood is closing its doors for good on March 14. Wood Tavern will be closing its doors for good Sunday 3/14/21 Please let us gather our thoughts. #EndOfEra”Owner of Wood Tavern and Miami Bar Group, Cesar Morales, put out a statement on Instagram, Tuesday, explaining the reason behind the sudden closure. It reads, in part, “There is a lot to share about Wood Tavern. For more information about Wood Tavern, click here.

FILE - Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales appears at the premiere of his film "Disorderlies," in New York, on August 14, 1987. Dee, a member of the Fat Boys hip-hop trio who later formed his own band and became a well-known radio host, has died at 52. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)NEW YORK – Prince Markie Dee, a member of the Fat Boys hip-hop trio who later formed his own band and became a well-known radio host, has died. AdMorales formed his own band in 1993, Prince Markie Dee & The Soul Convention, which released the R&B hit “Swing My Way.”“Prince Markie Dee was more than a rapper," the manager of the Fat Boys, Louis Gregory, wrote on Twitter. My heart breaks today because I lost a brother.”Morales also worked with several other pop stars, including Destiny's Child and Jennifer Lopez, and as a radio host in Miami.

MIAMI – Miami police are still looking for leads as an afternoon shooting has now turned into a homicide investigation. One of the victims, a man in his 20s, according to Miami police, has died from his injuries. “Our officers immediately started performing first aid, we got Fire Rescue and got the victims transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital,” Morales said. Neighbors in the Liberty City neighborhood told Local 10 News that at least one of the victims was a young girl. Please give a call to the police.”Anyone with information can also contact Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at (305) 471-8477.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A Miami-Dade firefighter responded to his own home Tuesday in Homestead while on duty and found his wife dead inside a bedroom. “Now they have to determine why and how that happened.”A GoFundMe page identified the victim as the wife of Firefighter Corey Logan. “Corey has been a firefighter with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue for over 20 years with almost all of those years here at Station 6,” Morales wrote. “Corey has been his wife’s caretaker for many years as she has advanced Lupus among many other medical conditions,” Morales wrote. “We did our job and put the fire out and searched as fast as we could but were too late,” Morales wrote.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Tendrá que abordar los desequilibrios macroeconómicos y al mismo tiempo reactivar la economía después de una fuerte recesión”, estimó a The Associated Press Rodrigo Riaza, analista de The Economist. Al contrario de Morales, Arce “gobernará con el cofre agotado”, agregó.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “Arce tiene múltiples desafíos, pero el primero es reconciliar a los bolivianos y reconstruir una democracia plural y respetuosa con la oposición y no una democracia autoritaria como tuvimos con Morales”, dijo a The Associated Press Carlos Cordero, profesor de Ciencia Política de la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés en La Paz, pública. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. No obstante, el opositor Comité Cívico de Santa Cruz —que el año pasado lideró las protestas contra Morales— declaró que no reconocerá los resultados hasta que el Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) investigue supuestas “irregularidades”, dijo su presidente Rómulo Calvo. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. “No estamos de acuerdo, es un engaño todo esto”, dijo Alejandro Rodas, de 23 años, a The Associated Press. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Arce no especificó cuál sería el rol de Morales en su futuro gobierno pero dejó en claro que no son iguales. Varias demandas legales impiden por el momento regresar al político. Con el 63% de los votos computados hasta la tarde del martes, el exministro de izquierda, Luis Arce, afín a Morales, tenía 50,5% de los votos mientras que el expresidente centrista Carlos Mesa marcha segundo con 31,5%. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. “Es posible que Arce eventualmente le de la espalda a Morales, (como ocurrió con Lenín Moreno y su mentor Rafael Correa en Ecuador). Arce se ha distanciado de Morales en las últimas semanas. De cara al futuro, podrían surgir divisiones internas dentro del MAS, especialmente en temas delicados de política económica”, comentó a The Associated Press Rodrigo Riaza del diario británico The Economist. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Ante la incertidumbre, los analistas se mostraban cautos. “Hay ansiedad y susceptibilidad en los políticos y en la población por los conflictos del año pasado”, explicó a The Associated Press la profesora de Sociología María Teresa Zegada. Published: October 18, 2020, 12:01 am Updated: October 19, 2020, 3:48 amPublished: October 18, 2020, 12:01 am Updated: October 19, 2020, 3:48 amIf you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

Adding to intrigue, publication of two exit polls were withheld after private pollsters said they didn’t trust their own survey results. Bolivians have long been accustomed to quick preliminary results in presidential elections. He was barred from running for the presidency or even the Senate by electoral authorities following his ouster. He shrugged aside a public vote that had set term limits, and competed in the October 2019 presidential vote, which he claimed to have narrowly won outright. She dropped out at as a candidate for Sunday’s presidential election while trailing badly in polls.

La pandemia “ha afectado al gobierno transitorio, que se ha mostrado inconsistente con estos alargamientos y con la tan difícil situación de enfrentar una crisis de salud inesperada como la pandemia”, explicó a The Associated Press la analista política María Teresa Zegada, de la estatal Universidad San Simón. Lo que ha generado (la pandemia) es una mayor polarización, mayores y tensiones políticas”. ″Que nadie se equivoque porque somos los únicos que podemos derrotar definitivamente a Morales y Arce, porque Arce no es otra cosa que Morales y Morales 'never in the life' (nunca en la vida)”, expresó Mesa. Por la tarde, Arce cerró su campaña en el bastión del MAS, en la ciudad de El Alto, vecina a La Paz, ante centenares de sus seguidores, los cuales no respetaron el distanciamiento y varios no usaban mascarillas. Sin embargo, las normas de seguridad para evitar contagios en las campañas políticas no siempre se siguieron al pide de la letra.

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. La policía revisaba los documentos de los migrantes, y aquellos que no contaban con la documentación apropiada eran enviados de regreso a la frontera con Honduras. (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A longtime South Florida politician is calling it quits. Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales has announced that he is resigning from his post. Morales, who has been leading the city’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon. The former Miami-Dade County Commissioner has served as the city manager for the past seven years. His last day will be Feb 1, he said, so that he can explore the “next chapter of his life.”

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. El fiscal Antonio Cossío declaró a la prensa que Morales debe comparecer en una audiencia, de la que no precisó la fecha. “Si no se presenta, el juez declarará rebelde a Morales, a quien se notificará mediante Interpol”, dijo. (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

After 14 years in power, Morales resigned under pressure from the military and police on Nov. 10 amid widespread protests and disturbances alleging he was attempting to fraudulently claim reelection. Morales was the country's first Indigenous president and remains a powerful influence in the country. In addition, the government is also responsible for the massacre in November's protests and doesn't say anything, lawmaker Sergio Choque said. Prosecutors will weigh whether they have jurisdiction and whether the case is admissible under the court's rules before deciding whether to launch an investigation. The sanctions were immediately denounced by the court, the United Nations and human rights advocates.

MIAMI After a 6-year-old girl was shot, Hialeah detectives said three adults were responsible. A 6-year-old girl was shot in her right knee and her 8-year-old sister suffered a cut in her right thigh after a window shattered, police said. 2 girls shot after robbery at supermarket in Hialeah, police sayTheir mother, Angela, Pupo, arrived at Jackson Memorial Hospitals Ryder Trauma Center with both girls. But when officers couldnt find shell casings or witnesses of the alleged shooting, Pupo told them the shooting had been in Hialeah. Detectives are searching for Steadman Amaya, 39, after a shooting left two girls injured in Hialeah.

Spanish lawyer Baltasar Garzon, who is part of Assange's legal team, second left, arrives at Spain's National Court in Madrid, Spain, Monday, July 27, 2020. Spain's National Court is due to hear testimony Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the Wikileaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)MADRID Spains National Court is due to hear testimony Monday in an investigation into whether a Spanish company was hired to spy on Julian Assange during the seven years the WikiLeaks founder spent in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Staff of the Spanish security company are due to testify on Tuesday. Assanges legal team says the court has asked U.S. authorities to question Lahav and Rohrabacher on its behalf.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. Local, state, and federal emergency management teams have been adjusting their hurricane plans to take into account the current New Normal. "Obviously, the rules of social distancing are challenging during these kinds of emergencies," Morales said. There are a range of considerations that will be different this season from maintaining social distancing during sandbag and food distribution events to pre-storm staging for landfall teams. It is going to involve a significant level of manpower and infrastructure to have the social distancing level to try and reduce the risk. Once there, wash your hands regularly while maintaining social distancing.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. A man and a woman were shot Tuesday during a small gathering inside a hotel room in Homestead, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Fernando Morales said in a news release that officers responded to the Floridian Hotel at 990 N. Homestead Blvd. Tuesday and found the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. He said there were about five people inside the room drinking alcohol when Angel Ruiz, 18, pulled out a gun. Ruiz was arrested on charges of culpable negligence involving a firearm and discharging a firearm in public.

Copyright 2019 CNNLA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's former president Evo Morales has departed for Mexico after accepting an offer of political asylum in the wake of what he has described as a "coup" against him by the country's military and opposition. Morales said in a tweet late Monday that he was leaving for Mexico, but will soon "return with more strength and energy." Three officials next in the presidential line of succession, including Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, all resigned Sunday. The second vice president of Bolivia's senate, Jeanine Anez, said she is willing to become the president of the senate, which would make her next in line for the presidency. Anez has called for lawmakers to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss the resignations of the former president and former vice president.

(CNN) - Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned Sunday amid growing opposition after an international audit found the results of last month's election could not be validated due to "serious irregularities." Demonstrators and the Bolivian opposition had accused electoral authorities of manipulating the vote count in favor of Morales, the country's longtime socialist leader. It's unclear who will become presidentVice President lvaro Garca Linera also announced his resignation minutes after Morales. In the hours after polls closed, preliminary results showed Morales slightly ahead of his opponent, former President Carlos Mesa. Calls for Morales' resignation grew over the weekend.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Tensions continue to rise on the streets of the Bolivian administrative capital La Paz, with angry crowds accusing authorities of fraud in Sunday's presidential election. Protesters and the opposition claim electoral authorities manipulated the vote count in favor of President Evo Morales, the nation's longtime socialist leader. On Monday night protesters raided two Electoral Tribunal buildings in different Bolivian cities, according to Bolivian news agency ABI. Amid accusations of fraud, the vice president of the Bolivian Supreme Electoral Court, Antonio Costas, announced his resignation Tuesday night. President Morales, who is seeking his fourth term in office, claimed victory over the weekend and is expected to make televised remarks on Wednesday morning local time.

Bryan Morales, 23, of Miami, faces charges of attempted murder and carrying a concealed firearm in connection with a double shooting in Little Havana. MIAMI - A man turned himself in to authorities Sunday shortly after shooting two others in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, authorities said. Bryan Morales, 23, of Miami, faces charges of attempted murder and carrying a concealed firearm. According to his arrest report, the shooting occurred near a laundromat in the area of Southwest 34th Avenue and Eighth Street. He said he then got out of the truck in an attempt to run away, but Morales shot him in the leg.

CNN(CNN) - While the world's attention focuses on the destructive Amazon wildfires in Brazil, devastating blazes have decimated swathes of tropical forests and savannah in neighboring Bolivia. The Amazon spans eight countries, including Bolivia, though the majority of the forest is in Brazil. The Amazon forest produces about 20% of the world's oxygen and plays an essential part in the fight against climate change. He added that on a visit to certain locations, mainly around Robore in eastern Bolivia, fires had decreased by about 70%. During the G7 summit on Monday, Macron announced a $20 million emergency fund to help Amazon countries affected by the rainforest fires.

(CNN) - Donald Trump would be wise to watch Guatemala's run-off presidential election this weekend closely. This means Guatemala's next president may find themselves on the receiving end of immense pressure from the US president and his administration. Guatemala's next president will be tasked with overseeing the final implementation of a controversial agreement reached between Trump and his Guatemalan counterpart, outgoing President Jimmy Morales, in late July. Between 2008 and 2012, she served as Guatemala's first lady during the presidency of her husband, Alvaro Colom. He has described the outgoing Morales as irresponsible, but has not ruled out the asylum deal himself.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Residents were shocked to find a black bear roaming around their neighborhood in Homestead early in the morning on the Fourth of July. Fernando Morales, the bear was spotted around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in the Oasis housing development. Responding officers reported that the bear was not aggressive and they tracked it as it wandered through the neighborhood, keeping their vehicles between themselves and the bear. Morales said the officers contacted residents who live near where the bear had been and asked neighborhood associations to send out email alerts. According to Morales, there have been several bear sightings overnight in Homestead, with the last sighting being reported around 4:30 a.m. Friday.