Bolivia
Bolivians try chlorine dioxide for COVID-19, despite health ministry warnings
World
July 22, 2020
Bolivians try chlorine dioxide for COVID-19, despite health ministry warnings
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivians desperate to avoid or cure COVID-19 are ingesting chlorine dioxide, which the senate has approved…
Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years
Environment
January 28, 2020
Glass frogs reappear in Bolivia after 18 years
A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has been spotted in the South…
UN rights chief warns Bolivia crisis could ‘spin out of control’
World
November 17, 2019
UN rights chief warns Bolivia crisis could ‘spin out of control’
Four more people have died in protests in Bolivia, an international monitor reported Saturday, as the UN rights chief warned…
Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nation back into the streets
World
November 15, 2019
Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nation back into the streets
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has seen an ally forced from office and protests rattle leaders across…
Morales’ shadow looms large in Bolivia as clashes test new leader
World
November 14, 2019
Morales’ shadow looms large in Bolivia as clashes test new leader
Bolivian security forces clashed on the streets of La Paz with supporters of unseated President Evo Morales on Wednesday, firing…
Argentina braces for market reaction after Fernandez wins election
World
October 28, 2019
Argentina braces for market reaction after Fernandez wins election
President-elect Alberto Fernandez has barely time to savor his emphatic triumph in Argentina’s elections before facing the challenge of trying…
Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world’s highest capital
World
September 19, 2019
Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world’s highest capital
Water resources are running dry in the world’s highest-elevation capital due to the combined effect of the Andean glaciers melting,…
Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government
World
September 5, 2019
Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government
Wildfires raging in Bolivia’s forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres), officials said Wednesday,…
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
Environment
April 2, 2019
Unfroggetable: endangered Bolivian amphibians get long-awaited first date
The fate of a species may just rest on this love story. Happily, the first date between Romeo, once the…
Bolivian miners lift roadblock after deputy minister beaten to death
World
August 27, 2016
Bolivian miners lift roadblock after deputy minister beaten to death
Protesting Bolivian miners on Friday abandoned a roadblock where a day earlier they kidnapped a government deputy minister, who was…