Bolivia

Bolivia: Surreal beauty in the high desert of the Andean plateau

2013-05-12 00:00:00

POTOSÍ, Bolivia — A gentle breeze swept across Laguna Colorada, momentarily turning the magenta mineral lake water neon-orange as it rippled around the knobby knees of several dozen flamingos. Suddenly, a pair of frisky vicu�as trotted...

Planning your trip to Bolivia

2013-05-12 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY TO SUCRE, BOLIVIA From LAX, American, Copa and LATAM offer connecting service (change of planes) to Sucre, about 100 miles from Potos�. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,146, including all taxes and fees. U.S. citizens are...

USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders

2013-05-06 20:00:00

WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...

Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency

2013-05-01 12:34:00

This post has been updated. Please see the notes below for details. Bolivian President Evo Morales declared Wednesday he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country, accusing the aid agency of conspiring against his...

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his heyday: A look at 'el comandante'

2013-03-09 07:31:00

At midnight, Hugo Chavez and his entourage swept into the hotel lobby, transforming the drab venue in chilly, high-altitude La Paz into a sizzling vortex of tropical verve and chavista vigor. “Musicos!” the Venezuelan president declared upon...

President Hugo Chavez dies at 58; hero to Venezuela's poor

2013-03-05 14:32:00

CARACAS, Venezuela —Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the charismatic socialist whose Bolivarian Revolution reduced poverty and galvanized anti-American sentiment across Latin America but left his nation deeply polarized and ever more dependent on...

World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

2013-03-05 18:43:00

News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...

Bolivia opens first lithium plant on edge of Uyuni salt flats

2013-01-04 04:00:00

Bolivia has announced the opening of its first lithium plant, as the South American nation seeks to tap its vast salt flats for the silvery element used in batteries for electric cars, cellphones and laptops. President Evo Morales heralded the opening...

Quinoa and llamas: Food Sovereignty Tours heads to Bolivia

2013-01-23 11:07:00

Food Sovereignty Tours, a project of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (or Food First) in Oakland, will be traveling to Bolivia on March 9 to 18 to explore Andean food and farming systems. The tour will highlight quinoa grown in the...

Pictures in the News | Aug. 29, 2012

2012-08-29 10:33:54

White House: Peru displaces Colombia as top cocaine producer

2012-07-30 14:23:42

Bolivian marchers trek hundreds of miles to protest road -- again

2012-05-01 16:39:33

In Bolivia's Andean high desert, Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, stretches 7,440 square miles.

2013-05-08 16:19:17

A stone church near multicolored Tunupa volcano in Bolivia's Andean high desert.

2013-05-08 16:19:13

Islands pop up from Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt lake. Isla Pescada is the biggest of them.

2013-05-08 16:19:27