Bolivia

Bolivia's long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation's 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy.But three years after voters overwhelmingly approved that document, making poor, landlocked Bolivia a "plurinational" republic, the country's first indigenous president is under attack for essentially ignoring it.Lowlands Indians have quit his Movement Toward Socialism...  

12 de febrero de 2012, 09:55La Paz, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia adjusted its bilateral agenda with Chile, including a maritime demand, from 13 to 12 items, due to a lack of response by the Chilean government and President Evo Morales'' decision to go to ...  

Bolivia seizes 17 properties in drugs raidsSacramento BeeAP LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Bolivian authorities say they've seized 17 properties from a provincial clan ostensibly in the gravel business that it suspects of laundering drug money through real estate. Cochabamba police chief Vladimir Pol says police were ...and more »  

LA PAZ - Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday accused the United States of spying on his and other Latin American countries. The Bolivian president said the spying is done under the cover of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and ...  

03 de febrero de 2012, 11:40La Paz, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) President Evo Morales on Friday slashed the U.S. interfering policy and noted that that lacks the moral authority to judge Bolivia, in a speech on the 118th anniversary of the foundation of the ...  

Nearly all the eradication in Bolivia last year was accomplished in the Chapare region, where President Evo Morales rose to prominence as a coca-growers union leader and still holds considerable sway. His influence in the Yungas is weaker.  

The project, which was mainly funded by multi-million U.S. dollar credits from Brazil, was suspended by Bolivian President Evo Morales in September after a violent police crackdown on the aboriginals triggered harsh criticism from not only local press but ...  

Marchers in favor of a project to build a road that would go through the TIPNIS indigenous territory reached La Paz. Mario R. Duran from the blog Palabras Libres [es] reports that residents of El Alto and La Paz received the march with indifference. Written by Silvia Viñas · comments...  

Although the main opposition party boycotted the session, a constitutional draft was approved on 24 November. In May 2008, Evo Morales was a signatory to the UNASUR Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations. Bolivia has ratified ...  

2005 June - As angry street protests continue, President Mesa resigns. Supreme Court head Eduardo Rodriguez is sworn in as caretaker president. 2005 December - Socialist leader Evo Morales wins presidential elections. He becomes the first indigenous ...  

The agreement follows the restoration of Bolivia-U.S. ties in November. Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador and DEA in 2008 for allegedly inciting the opposition. The agreement creates a coca cultivation tracking system, with the U ...  

Bolivian President Evo Morales has said that a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are spying on his country for the United States. Some of the NGOs that work with local philanthropic groups "are the fifth column of espionage in Bolivia.  

More than 2000 Amazon Indians have called on Bolivian President Evo Morales to approve the building of a highway through a nature reserve, a project scrapped last year after widespread protests. Demonstrators rallied in the capital La Paz, some of them ...  

More than 2,000 Amazon Indians on Monday called on Bolivian President Evo Morales to approve the building of a highway through a nature reserve, a project scrapped last year after widespread protests.  

Boliviana de Aviacion (BoA) has abolished first class and sells all seats for the same low prices, marketing the flights with a socialist stamp in keeping with President Evo Morales' insistence that 'all are equal'. The story of how BoA has managed to fly ...