Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivians pay homage to family skulls

Annual tradition sees relics of relatives receive offerings.

09/11/2017

World

Inside the rainforest's medicine cabinet

Natural disasters can leave communities to fend for themselves but with support they can use their environment to help.

20/07/2017

Bolivia

Bolivian opposition urges President Morales against potential fourth term

Despite the public voting against allowing the leader to run for a fourth consecutive term, Evo Morales says he may still run in 2019.

19/04/2017

Bolivia

Bolivia battles biblical plague of locusts

Bolivia is under a state of emergency after a vast agricultural area of around 1000 hectares has been laid to ruin by a plague of locusts.

09/02/2017

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Bolivia opens the "Evo Museum"

Bolivia on Thursday opened a $7 million museum dedicated to President Evo Morales and indigenous peoples in Morales’s birthplace of Orinoca high up in the deserts of the Bolivian…

04/02/2017

Bolivia

Two arrested suspected of murder of Polish woman in Bolivia

Two men held suspected of murder of Polish woman in Bolivia

27/01/2017

Bolivia

Bolivians pray for good fortune at traditional Alasitas Festival

On January 24 each year, people from all over Bolivia flock to La Paz to take part in the traditional Alasitas Festival which is a shopper’s paradise.

24/01/2017

Sport

Dakar Rally: Stage six cancelled due to extreme weather conditions

Stage six of this year’s Dakar Rally was cancelled on Saturday due to extreme weather conditions in Bolivia.

07/01/2017

Bolivia

Hundreds evacuated in deadly floods in Bolivia

At least eight people have died in massive floods caused by days of torrential rain in Bolivia.

02/01/2017

Bolivia

Floods kill at least eight in Bolivia

Floods caused by torrential rain in Bolivia have killed at least eight people.

28/12/2016

Bolivia

70 thousand baby turtles released into Bolivian rivers

A conservation effort in the Bolivian Amazon has seen over 100,000 baby turtles released into rivers, including the San Pedro and Itenez, located in the northeastern part of the…

22/12/2016

Bolivia

A fourth term in office for Evo Morales?

The Bolivian president has agreed to stand for a fourth mandate in 2019, after his party nominated him as candidate. This is despite a constitutional referendum in February.

18/12/2016

Bolivia

LaMia chief questioned in Bolivia after Chapecoense plane crash

Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive of Bolivian charter airline LaMia, has been detained for questioning.

07/12/2016

Bolivia

Bolivia's once second largest lake completely dry

Bolivia’s once second largest lake is now completely dry after the worst drought in a quarter of a century.

05/12/2016

Sport

Bolivian FA chief arrested on corruption charges

The President of the Bolivian Football Association was arrested this week on corruption charges.

29/11/2016

Bolivia

Bolivia's severe water shortage triggers national emergency

Bolivia’s government has declared a national emergency because of a water shortage as it suffers the worst drought in 25 years.

23/11/2016

Bolivia

Bolivia declares national emergency amid worst drought in 25 years

Bolivia’s government has declared a national emergency due to a lack of water as it suffers the worst drought in 25 years.

22/11/2016

Bolivia

Bolivian politician 'beaten and tortured to death' by striking miners

A Bolivian politician has been abducted and beaten to death by striking mineworkers.

26/08/2016

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Bolivia: priest blesses animals with holy water

Hundreds of dog owners have had their pets blessed in the Bolivian city of El Alto as part of Saint Roch’s Day – named after the patron saint of dogs.

18/08/2016

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Bolivia: believers of the Virgin of Urkupina break rocks to ask for favours during a religious procession

Bolivian believers gathered on the outskirts of the capital La Paz on Monday (August 15) to take part in an annual religious celebration, that includes the breaking of river rocks to ask the Virgin of

17/08/2016

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Clashes erupt in Bolivia

Miners’ protest over “neoliberal” agenda of Bolivian President Evo Morales ends in clashes with several people injured and hostages taken.

13/08/2016

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​Bolivia toasts winter solstice

Bolivia’s indigenous Aymara people celebrate the southern hemisphere’s shortest day, June 21, which is also, for them, the beginning of a new year.

22/06/2016

Bolivia

Shocking scenes at disabled protest in Bolivia

Tear gas was let off as the protesters, some on crutches or in wheelchairs, advanced down the street in the city of La Paz.

04/06/2016

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Cholitas to conquer the peaks

In Bolivia, some Cholitas have set a crazy challenge: conquering eight 6,000 meters peaks located in the Andes mountains. The women are known for

21/04/2016

Bolivia

Bolivians block Morales from running for fourth presidential term

Voters in Bolivia have blocked President Evo Morales from running for a fourth consecutive term, by a very slim margin. Fifty-one percent have

24/02/2016

Bolivia

Bolivia's president set to lose referendum on fourth term, polls suggest

Exit polls and early results suggest Bolivian President Evo Morales is headed for defeat in a referendum on whether he can run for a fourth term in

22/02/2016