Bolivia News

Cochabamba, Nov 20 The third National Meeting on Public Security concludes on Friday after two days of debate and the adoption of some measures.

La Paz, Nov 18 The Bolivian government stated that at least 10,000 families have been affected throughout the country due to drought, rain, hailstorm and frosts caused by El Nino weather phenomenon.

At least six people were killed and 46 injured as bus overturned in southwestern Bolivia, the country's Erbol radio station reported on Thursday.

The Bolivian government will conduct studies on the construction of three large bridges over Lake Titicaca, which it shares with Peru, the governor of La Paz province said Wednesday.

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Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov 13 Bolivian President, Evo Morales, accused on Friday the political opposition groups of provoking violence before general elections next December 6, in which they know they are doomed.

Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.

La Paz, Nov 12 India's Jindal Steel and Power Limited will export 80,000 tonnes of iron ore every month from its plant at El Mutun in eastern Bolivia, the company said.

So if anyone ever tells you not to go to La Paz, dont listen, and if you ever listen to a word I say, go to La Paz.

Dear Readers: Today we bring you our second installment of our Blog series on the Bolivian Presidential vote.

La Paz, Nov 6 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will send next week a delegation to Bolivia to check the cultural heritage preservation in this country.

Puerto Suarez is a port town of about 20,000 inhabitants located on Laguna Caceres which flows into the Paraguay and Parana Rivers by way of the Tamengo Canal, 10 kilometers from the border between Bolivia and Brazil in Southeast Bolivia.

After growing up in a Bolivian circus and being confined to a small cage, Simba the lion is getting in touch with his wild side in preparation for a new life in a big U.S. wildlife sanctuary.

At first sight, Calle de las Brujas doesn't look so witchy - there are no steaming cauldrons or pointy hats.

Dear Readers: Welcome to the start of the Democracy Center's Blog coverage of the December 6th Bolivian Presidential and Congressional election! In the weeks ahead we will be publishing a series of posts looking at various aspects of the December vote and in many different forms, including analyses of the issues, video interviews with candidates ...

'Walking with Jesus, accompanying our people' is the theme of the 16th Encounter for National Youth Ministry Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, taking place October 25-30 in Vinto, Cochabamba , which has brought together 130 representatives from 20 countries across the continent.

The Department of State welcomes Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and the Bolivian delegation to Washington for the second meeting of the U.S.-Bolivia Dialogue, which will take place on October 27, 2009.

The Bolivian government ordered a U.S.-owned mining company to cease operations on the summit of Cerro Rico, responding to protests by residents of the nearby city of Potosi that the activity was damaging the distinctive conical shape of 'rich mountain,' which has been producing silver for 464 years.

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Oct 17 A mass popular concentration at Cochabamba''s Felix Carriles Stadium will close the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America Saturday.

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, and Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, left, attend the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct.