Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia—A tear gas grenade set off during a university assembly in Bolivia triggered a stampede in which four students died and 50 were injured on Monday, officials said. Tomas Frias University Rector Pedro López told Radio Panamericana that the students had gathered to elect new student body leaders at the school in the […]

Eleven people were killed and 18 others injured in a bus crash in Kami village, near Cochabamba, central Bolivia. The vehicle fell more than 200 meters (656 feet) down a ravine, police reported on Saturday. The rural public transport bus had been traveling from Kami, some 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of La Paz, and […]

LA PAZ, Bolivia—Bolivian rescue workers said Saturday they have recovered the body of a U.S. climber who died at about 6,200 meters (more than 20,000 feet) altitude near the peak of the Illimani mountain. The name of the 24-year-old climber was not immediately released. Death was “probably because of a pulmonary edema” rather than an […]

LA PAZ/MEXICO CITY—Bolivia’s government expelled Mexican and Spanish diplomats on Monday, escalating a diplomatic dispute after Mexico’s embassy in La Paz granted asylum to allies of Bolivia’s former socialist president Evo Morales. Bolivian caretaker President Jeanine Anez said her administration had asked Mexican ambassador María Teresa Mercado and several Spanish officials to leave the country […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday became the second U.S. lawmaker to join the growing chorus of voices across the globe who are condemning the resignation of Bolivia’s socialist President Evo Morales as a “coup.”

Mexico has granted asylum to Bolivia’s former President, Evo Morales, after he stepped down from the role on Monday following 14 years in power.

The resignation of Bolivia’s socialist leader Evo Morales, who had been the country’s president for 13 years, is a “significant moment for democracy,” said President Donald Trump in a statement on Monday. Morales’ resignation came after weeks of protests following the South American country’s elections in October. “After nearly 14 years and his recent attempt […]

LA PAZ—Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Nov. 10 that he would resign after the military called on him to step down and allies tumbled away amid a fierce backlash over a disputed election that has roiled the South American nation. Morales, the country’s leader for nearly 14 years, said in televised comments that he […]

Dozens of houses have been destroyed in a landslide in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, displacing hundreds of residents, according to city authorities. Dramatic footage shows entire brick homes caving into clouds of dust and toppling down a hillside, as locals fled carrying children and pets. Emergency services managed to evacuate the neighborhood before […]

ROME—A left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder in his home country nearly three decades ago was arrested in Bolivia, authorities said Sunday, setting the stage for a climactic end to one of Italy’s longest-running efforts to bring a fugitive to justice. The Italian government sent an aircraft to pick up Cesare Battisti, who […]

A Bolivian university graduation ceremony went from joy to terror in an instant when the floor of a room full of graduates collapsed. Dramatic images show the hole created after the floor gave way and people can be seen attempting to pull victims out of the four by three meter (13 by 10 feet) void. […]

Scientist are working to preserve memories of a glacier. They are collecting ice fragments from a glacier in Illimani Mountain in the Andes. The glacier faces the capital of Bolivia. Fifteen scientists have drilled out ice cores, and split them into 75 fragments with special equipment. Each fragment gets its own box. The cylindrical pieces […]

Every year the Festival of the Lord of Great Power weaves its way through the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. The event has been nominated as a World Heritage event to UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The dancers, some 30,000 of them, belong to over 50 folkloric fraternities, similar to the […]

Striking Chilean border agents have left trucks trying to cross from Bolivia stranded. Truckers trying to pass are delayed both on the Bolivian and the Chilean side. About 2,500 trucks are waiting, passing through the border at only 3 or 4 per hour. The Chilean government has been accused of not allowing food access and […]

A 19-year-old Brazilian man apparently tried to take his own life by leaping off a ledge `12 feet above the pavement. The man climbed out the first-story deck of a building in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on Sunday, May 7, and apparently threatened to jump. Police and firefighters tried for half an hour to get him […]