On the steep, dusty slopes of the Chacaltaya mountains, thousands of meters above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, the hardy farmers tending root crops or herding llamas have no need of scientists or climatologists to measure the impact of global warming.
At least 130 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides that buried communities Sunday and left a swath of destruction in El Salvador, officials said Monday.
Bolivia used their home advantage to claim another big scalp in South American World Cup qualifying as they beat Brazil 2-1 in La Paz.
At least 19 people died and 26 were injured when a bus plunged off a mountain road in Bolivia, the state-run news agency reported Monday.
A former Bolivian interior minister accused of human rights violations was handed over to authorities in his home country Thursday after completing a prison sentence in the United States.
Bolivian police Thursday foiled a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales, the country's vice president and other top government officials, Morales said in Venezuela, where he is attending a summit.
Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros says that fighting a brain tumor is the biggest battle of his life and in golfing terms like winning a sixth major title.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday accused a U.S. diplomat of contacting opposition groups, declared him "persona non grata" and ordered he be expelled.
Bolivians were on their way Sunday night to overwhelmingly approving a new constitution that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term later this year, unofficial preliminary results indicate.
Bolivians are widely expected to approve a new constitution Sunday that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term this year, which he can't do under the current document.
On the steep, dusty slopes of the Chacaltaya mountains, thousands of meters above sea level in the Bolivian Andes, the hardy farmers tending root crops or herding llamas have no need of scientists or climatologists to measure the impact of global warming.
At least 130 people have died and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides that buried communities Sunday and left a swath of destruction in El Salvador, officials said Monday.
Bolivia used their home advantage to claim another big scalp in South American World Cup qualifying as they beat Brazil 2-1 in La Paz.
At least 19 people died and 26 were injured when a bus plunged off a mountain road in Bolivia, the state-run news agency reported Monday.
A former Bolivian interior minister accused of human rights violations was handed over to authorities in his home country Thursday after completing a prison sentence in the United States.
Bolivian police Thursday foiled a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales, the country's vice president and other top government officials, Morales said in Venezuela, where he is attending a summit.
Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros says that fighting a brain tumor is the biggest battle of his life and in golfing terms like winning a sixth major title.
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday accused a U.S. diplomat of contacting opposition groups, declared him "persona non grata" and ordered he be expelled.
Bolivians were on their way Sunday night to overwhelmingly approving a new constitution that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term later this year, unofficial preliminary results indicate.
Bolivians are widely expected to approve a new constitution Sunday that would allow leftist President Evo Morales to run for another term this year, which he can't do under the current document.
A moderate earthquake was measured off the coast of Mexico's western Baja California peninsula early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Torrential rains in central Bolivia have swollen rivers and flooded streets, stranding scores of people and leading to the daring helicopter rescue early Friday of a woman and her sons trapped amid the raging waters of the Pirai River.
A top Bolivian government official said Monday that the country's intelligence services had uncovered a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales.
Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros had a fourth and "scheduled" brain operation at Madrid's La Paz hospital on Tuesday as he battles back from a malignant tumor.
Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros continues to improve as he recovers at Madrid's La Paz following recent surgery to remove a brain tumor and can now converse with his family.
Bolivia's Congress approved an agreement Tuesday between the government and opposition leaders to hold a referendum on a constitution that would grant more power to the nation's Indian majority, the state news agency said.
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros has had part of his skull removed to relieve pressure on his brain after complications following brain tumor surgery, Madrid's La Paz hospital said on Thursday.
Golf legend Seve Ballesteros has undergone an operation in Madrid to remove a brain tumor, Spanish doctors confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.
Paraguay remained four points clear at the top of the South American World Cup qualifying group at the halfway stage after defeating Colombia 1-0 on Saturday.
U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Philip Goldberg denied Thursday that he encouraged anti-government demonstrators to commit violence in the Latin American nation.
President Evo Morales struggled to assert control over a badly fractured Bolivia on Sunday
Bolivian authorities declared a state of siege to begin at midnight Friday in the eastern department of Pando, which has been the site of recent unrest.
Two people were killed, and at least 30 injured, in a confrontation between miners and police at a mine in central Bolivia, a Bolivian news agency reported.
People in two Bolivian states celebrated what they viewed as a victory Sunday night in referendums on autonomy from the central government.
Bolivia's president Monday set August 10 as the date for a vote of confidence he predicts will give him a new mandate and strengthen his hand against movements for autonomy in several states.
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday he supports a congressional decision to hold a referendum on whether he and his administration should remain in power amid a move for autonomy that he opposes.
Ronald Larsen's confrontation with government officials has become a focus in an increasingly bitter dispute over land
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FIFA's ruling on soccer at high altitudes threatens to throw the South American game into turmoil.
Peru and Bolivia are up in arms over the U.N. anti-narcotics agency's plan to criminalize the traditional medicinal practice of the Andes
Bolivian President Evo Morales plans to sign legislation Friday scheduling a May 4 referendum on a new constitution, the Bolivian Information Agency reported.
An American man and a Uruguayan woman were sentenced to prison Tuesday night for their roles in deadly bombings at two hotels in Bolivia, the Bolivian news agency reported.
A man dressed as a priest caught at Amsterdam's airport with three kilos of cocaine under his vestments claimed to police that his packages contained "holy sand", Dutch police said.
Bolivian government representatives will meet with breakaway governors next week in a bid to avert a political split that threatens to tear the Andean country in half.
A Mexican woman who invented a water purification bucket, a Cuban woman who turned a toxic dump into a resource and a Florida man who keeps coastal waterways clean have been named CNN Heroes finalists for their work "Defending the Planet."
Robert Duvall's heroes are Carmen Velasco and Lynne Patterson -- two women who are changing the lives of other women throughout Latin America one loan at a time.
Bolivia's sex-workers refuse to report for disease detection, demanding protection from harassment
Brazil kickstarted their World Cup qualifying campaign with a 5-0 rout of Ecuador in the Maracana on Wednesday night as AC Milan star Kaka scored twice.
Bolivian President Evo Morales wants to convince the world that the coca leaf has been unfairly maligned. Yes, it's the key ingredient in cocaine, but the leaf also has nutritional and pharmaceutical uses, according to the International Coca Research Institute in La Paz.
Former champions Sao Paulo, Boca Juniors and Flamengo all opened their Copa Libertadores campaigns with away draws on Wednesday night, but Flamengo were made to work extra hard in the high altitude in Bolivia.
Among water people, there are planers and there are displacers.
Commodities are hot again -- which is revitalizing the market for Bolivia's $2 billion in gold reserves.
The presidents of four South American nations on Thursday presented a unified front committed to energy cooperation after an unscheduled summit prompted when Bolivian President Evo Morales moved earlier this week to nationalize his country's natural gas industry.
In the past 10 years, new Mexican beach resorts have attracted a flood of American expatriates to retirement and second home communities.
He has been described as the next Che Guevara, the next Hugo Chavez, the next Fidel Castro. Evo Morales, a former coca growers' union leader and the new President of Bolivia, has pledged to nationalize his country's oil and gas industry, redistribute privately owned land, and decriminalize the coca leaf, a staple of Bolivian indigenous culture as well as the prime ingredient in the manufacturing of cocaine.
A Bolivian newspaper cartoon ahead of the weekend's presidential elections featured Evo Morales arm-wrestling his principal rival, Jorge Quiroga, while simultaneously stretching out a foot to hold Samuel Doria Medina, the third major player in Sunday's vote, at bay. Looking on nervously at Quiroga's shoulder is the figure of Uncle Sam.
Bolivian socialist leader Evo Morales has claimed victory in that turbulent Andean country's presidential election after conservative rival Jorge Quiroga conceded defeat.
As the governmental capital of a country supposedly on the brink of chaos, La Paz was surprisingly tranquil this week.
Ecuador and Paraguay put themselves on the brink of qualifying for next year's World Cup after winning key matches on Saturday.
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have again taken to the streets of La Paz, calling for immediate elections one day after Bolivian President Carlos Mesa offered to resign.
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa has announced his resignation after weeks of demonstrations against his government that have threatened to paralyze the landlocked South American country.
If you're close enough, you can hear their sandals cut from old car tires slapping on the asphalt. If you're several blocks away, the protesters announce their approach with the blast of dynamite.
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa offered his resignation to Congress on Monday after widespread protests which he said were "blocking the country," Bolivian television reported.
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa says he will submit his resignation to the country's Congress after a week of widespread protests he said were "blocking the country."
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Colo Colo finally picked up Chile's first win in this year's Copa Libertadores while Diego Maradona's cheered his beloved Boca Juniors to a 3-0 win at the Bombanera.
Brazil's Santos reached the Libertadores Cup second round with a 2-1 away win over Paraguay's 10-man Guarani in a group seven match in Asuncion.
Universidad de Concepcion's Copa Libertadores campaign came to an end with an away defeat at Venezualan side Caracas FC in what was a bad week for Chilean football.
As Latin America's Copa Libertadores club tournament reaches its fourth week, Bolivia's Bolivar have caused the biggest upset to date, beating champions Boca Juniors.
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Baja California, the 1,100-mile-long Mexican peninsula jutting south from California, has long been a playground for the adventurous. But until recently it was mostly Southern Californians who crossed the border, and they often limited their sojourns to day-trips in Tijuana or weekends in Cabo San Lucas.
The illegal drug trade, apparently the world's fastest growing and most profitable industry, has scarcely been hampered by several governments' efforts to stop it (FORTUNE, June 20). Now the Bahama...
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