Floods in Bolivia, Peru leave at least 64 dead

"La Paz, Lima (ANTARA News) - Floods in Bolivia and Peru have left at least 64 people dead and thousands under water in recent weeks, authorities in both Andean countries said Wednesday. DPA news agency reports that areas in the remote Amazon Rainforest were particularly...

Bolivia declares flood 'disaster'

Bolivia's government has been criticized for failing to provide a timely response to widespreading floods that have submerged an area of more than 80,000 sq km with water and caused polluted water  and the spread of disease."The Bolivian government has declared severe...

Pressure mounting on Bolivia's Morales

Is neo socialism flawed in its inability to bring a countries people together? 'Bolivar's dream' is the mantra of the new revolution, but that dream was for these nations to come together as one. How is this possible if the leaders can not bring the people together? Change...

Bolivian Fight Club: From Ritual to Tourist Spectacle -AP

Here is a fascinating photo essay about how a Bolivian mountain town's annual tradition of settling grievances and honoring their goddess is decaying into a tourist-friendly spectacle, leaving both locals and visitors feeling unfulfilled."The locals come down from the...

Morales Quiets Chants & Dynamite with Investment Promise

The streets of La Paz were filled with some 20,000 miners yesterday, tossing dynamite, and chanting in response to proposed tax hike on miming.  The hike would have effected independent mining cooperatives across Bolivia.  However, the miners were met with a promise...

Bolivian riots overwhelm opposition

"A Bolivian opposition politician has withdrawn his plans to hold a referendum on greater regional autonomy after days of violent pro-government protests. Manfred Reyes Villa, the governor of Cochabamba in central Bolivia, called off his referendum plans on Monday, after...

Many injured in Bolivia protest

"One person was killed and about 50 were injured when protesters demanding the resignation of the governor of the Cochabamba region clashed with his supporters, local media reported. The violence began when the governor's supporters - who are opposed to President Evo...

Bolivia's Morales faces biggest test

"Political leaders in wealthy regions, long alienated from his Andes power base, are pushing for more autonomy. By Patrick J. McDonnell, Times Staff Writer December 25, 2006 LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — Not yet a year in office, President Evo Morales can boast of some major...

The world's most dangerous road

"It seems perverse that one of the main roads out of one of the highest cities on Earth should actually climb as it leaves town. But climb it does - just short of a lung-sapping five kilometres (three miles) above sea level, where even the internal combustion engine is forced...