A student was killed in Bolivian protests Wednesday amid increasing pressure on President Evo Morales to resign over opposition claims that he rigged his recent re-election.
The 20 year-old student died of injuries sustained in clashes between pro- (...)
A Bolivian protest leader vowed on Tuesday to intensify pressure on President Evo Morales to resign as he resisted opposition demands that he step down over contentious election results.
Luis Fernando Camacho, a civic leader who has become a major (...)
A civic leader urged Bolivians to "paralyze" government institutions and block the borders as protests sparked by the contentious election victory last month of President Evo Morales entered their third week on Monday.
The long-standing leftist (...)
A Bolivian protest leader has vowed to return to the capital and continue pushing for President Evo Morales' resignation after he left La Paz earlier on Tuesday as government supporters staked out an airport chanting for his removal from the (...)
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday vowed to hold a run-off election if fraud is found in a vote count that gave him an outright win, but warned his rural base would siege cities if they keep protesting his disputed re-election to a fourth (...)
Bolivians furious over what they saw as an attempt by leftist President Evo Morales to rig Sunday's election protested outside the hotel in the capital city of La Paz where the country's electoral board was processing remaining ballots on (...)
Polls closed in Bolivia on Sunday after a calm election as President Evo Morales sought an unprecedented fourth term in what was regarded as the tightest race of his political career.
The 59-year-old leftist who has been in office for nearly 14 (...)
Bolivian President Evo Morales launched his campaign for a fourth term on Saturday in a remote coca-growing valley without addressing the biggest controversy in his bid — the fact that he is running at all.
Morales, who became the country's first (...)
A very powerful magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck deep beneath Bolivia on Monday, but authorities did not immediately report any injuries or damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was recorded in the late morning (1340 GMT) and (...)
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit south-east Bolivia on Monday, near the country's border with Paraguay, a seismological centre in La Paz reported.
The earthquake occurred at 9:40 am (1340 GMT) in the department of Chuquisaca.
The quake took place in (...)
The death toll from the explosion of a gas canister at a Bolivian Carnival parade rose to eight Sunday, and authorities said at least 40 people were injured, according to AP.
Police commandant Romel Rana said three children were among those killed (...)
The Argentine FA, lacking proper leadership since 2015 and fearful its national team might not reach the World Cup finals without banned captain Lionel Messi, elected a third-tier club chairman and former roadsweeper as its president (...)
Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been banned from their next four competitive internationals, starting with Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Bolivia, for swearing at a match official, FIFA said on Tuesday.
The decision was announced less than six (...)
Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel won Monday's Dakar Rally special after narrowly edging Peugeot teammate and compatriot Sebastien Loeb in the first part of the rain-hit seventh stage between La Paz and Uyuni in Bolivia.
Reigning champion Peterhansel (...)
Dakar Rally organizers have been forced to slash Monday's seventh stage as the grueling 9,000km race continues to be plagued by torrential rain in Bolivia.
The run from La Paz to Uyuni, which should have featured a 322km timed stage, will now be (...)
Qatari two-time winner Nasser Al-Attiyah overcame a fire in his Toyota to win a dramatic opening stage of the 2017 Dakar Rally Monday.
Al-Attiyah completed the 38.5km special stage in 25min 41sec, the first on a high-octane, high-altitude 8,800km (...)
Bolivia's defense minister says a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia was "murder" because the pilot only had the exact amount of fuel needed for the flight in violation of civil aviation principles.
The Bolivia-based LaMia airline flight (...)
Bolivian authorities Tuesday searched the offices of
Bolivian charter airline Lamia, whose sole operational plane crashed
last week with most of the Brazilian football team Chapecoense aboard, as well that of an aviation official who reviewed the (...)
Bolivian authorities detained on Tuesday the chief executive of LaMia, the airline which owned the plane that crashed last week in Colombia, killing nearly all of Brazil's Chapacoense soccer team, prosecutors said, according to Reuters. CEO Gustavo (...)
Lamia, the Bolivian air charter company whose sole
airplane crashed in the Colombian mountains with 77 people including
a Brazilian football team aboard, was operating in violation of Bolivian labour laws, the country's Labour Ministry says, (...)
Lionel Messi produced a magical display to get Argentina's World Cup qualification back on track Tuesday as Brazil notched its sixth consecutive victory to put one foot in the 2018 Finals in Russia.
Messi curled home a stunning 30-yard free-kick and (...)
Bolivian police said they've detained a 76-year-old U.S. citizen with more than 121 pounds (55 kilograms) of gold, AP reported.
Anti-narcotics chief Santiago Delgadillo said Robert Agnew Meyer also was found with a small amount of cocaine and (...)
Brazil powered to the top of the table in South America's 2018 World Cup qualifying race Tuesday with a victory over Venezuela as Argentina suffered a shock defeat at home to Paraguay.
Goals from Manchester City teenager Gabriel Jesus and Chelsea's (...)
Hurricane Newton packing 90-mile (145-kilometer) per hour winds made landfall near the Los Cabos resort area of Mexico's west coast on Tuesday where thousands of tourists and locals are hunkered down, US forecasters said.
"Hurricane winds are (...)
Police say an all-terrain vehicle carrying tourists flipped over in southern Bolivia, killing three Belgians, an Italian and a Peruvian, according to AP.
Border Police commander Col. Rodolfo Salazar told The Associated Press on Sunday that the (...)
