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Bolivia declares emergency over weeks of flooding

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 03:37

Bolivia`s government has declared a national emergency to deal with flooding that has claimed at least 30 lives and forced some 21,000 families from their homes over the past two months.

Bolivian President appoints new legislative leaders

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 10:28

Bolivian President Evo Morales has appointed new parliamentary leaders for the 2014-2015 legislative term.

Duclos wins on tragedy-hit Dakar

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:33

French rider Alain Duclos won his first Dakar Rally stage for eight years Friday, but the gruelling event was overshadowed by the deaths of a competitor, a father of five, and two journalists.

Bolivia`s football club removes popular Spanish coach

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 10:20

Spanish coach Miguel Angel Portugal was removed from club Bolivar, the most popular one in Bolivia, the team`s owner Marcelo Claure announced Thursday.

10 killed in trailer-minibus collision in Bolivia

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 08:46

At least 10 people were killed and five seriously injured in Bolivia when a minibus collided with a trailer, Xinhua reported.

Bolivian city hires `cholita` traffic policewomen

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 13:13

This city in Bolivia`s highlands has hired Aymara women dressed in traditional multilayered Andean skirts and brightly embroidered vests to work as traffic cops and bring order to its road chaos.

China launches communication satellite for Bolivia

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 09:57

China successfully sent a Bolivian communications satellite into orbit with its Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Centre early Saturday, Xinhua reported.

Sudden setback to WTO as Latin American nations reject package

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 09:05

In a sudden turn of events, four Latin American countries including Cuba and Bolivia have rejected the WTO's Bali package, a setback to the draft agreement which was to be ratified by the WTO members.

Plane crash in Bolivia kills 8, 10 hurt

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 11:24

There were 16 passengers and two crew on board the Fairchild Metro 23 aircraft.

Ecuador president meets Fidel, Raul Castro on Cuba trip

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 15:09

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa met with Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his younger brother, President Raul Castro, the leftist South American leader said.

Earth`s biggest-ever deep earthquake puzzles scientists

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 15:45

The largest deep earthquake ever - of the magnitude of 8.3 - occurred off the coast of Russia on May 24 this year, scientists have confirmed.

Humans existed 10,400 years ago in Bolivia

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 15:09

The discovery of mollusk shells at a midden in the Bolivian Amazon indicates that hunter-gatherers had a presence in the area 10,400 years ago, much earlier than previously known, archaeologists said.