Bolivia

The ladies of Chiquitania have formed firefighting squads and tree-planting teams to protect communities challenged by an increasingly hot and dry climate

Manuel Rocha, 73, told a federal judge he would admit to two federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that carry a maximum penalty of between 5 and 10 years in prison each

Relatives of missing girls and women denounce the lack of investigations and the limited number of convictions. NGOs are working to rescue victims, while the government is attempting to strengthen the police and judicial bodies to combat this widespread crime

The country has endured 11 days of protests since the former president was banned from running again, even as the crisis over elections to choose new judges deepens

An artist of Aymara and Quechua heritage who makes her living as a domestic employee in London defends, from the diaspora, the legacy of the Native peoples of the Americas

A group of scientists in Chile are investigating how these South American rodents manage to survive at altitudes where no other vertebrate has ever been seen

For the past 30 years, Colonel Angelo Rabelo has been fighting against animal-trafficking and poaching in the Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland on the planet, which lies between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

In the Andean country, forest loss has spread in parallel with the increase in beef exports. Some ranchers are now turning to practices that protect forests and long-term productivity

The story of Purita Valle reflects the suffering of migrants in Central America and Mexico, according to the latest report from Doctors Without Borders

Seven departments in the country have already declared an emergency due to the lack of water. If the drought continues, cities like La Paz and El Alto will be left without water, while the inhabitants of rural areas will be forced to migrate to large cities

Washington has admitted that the diplomat’s detention has exposed ‘one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations by a foreign agent.’ Rocha also served as an advisor to the U.S. Southern Command and the National Security Council

Manuel Rocha is known for waging a fear campaign against the former Bolivian president that ended up swaying voters to the then-union leader

The blazes in this wetland on the border with Bolivia and Paraguay are breaking records in November, when the rainy season should have already begun

The mineworkers seek a repeal of the resolution barring them from Madidi National Park in the upper Amazon river basin

Most of the country’s wildfires start when farmers burn their fields to get ready for planting

The diplomatic moves by Chile, Colombia and Bolivia, all of which are led by leftist leaders, come as others in the region have ramped up their criticism of Israel’s military activity

The ex-leader of Bolivia, who is already serving another sentence for the overthrow of Evo Morales, will be tried as an ordinary citizen

The country’s agricultural production is dropping and over half the population faces food insecurity, warns Save the Children

The former head of government shows his strength in a party congress with his faithful in the midst of his fight with Arce for the leadership of the left

The plaintiffs, who suffered abuse between 1973 and 1995 in several schools run by the order, consider that these are crimes against humanity and that there is no statute of limitations on them

Facundo Farias added the third goal for Miami (8-14-4), which remains 14th in the Eastern Conference table

The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring record with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia

More than 83,000 fans at the nearly full Monumental de Nuñez Stadium were getting jittery until Messi scored

Some 350 footprints found in the Andean country support the idea that adult sauropods cared for the entire herd’s offspring. The discovery also reveals the South American nation’s difficulties in protecting its paleontological heritage

While fewer trees are being chopped down in Brazil and Colombia, the rest of the region continues to spiral. The environmental summit will be a key event for the leaders of Peru and Venezuela, who will face each other on the international stage for the first time

The criminal – who is linked to the assassination of a Paraguayan prosecutor, who was murdered during his honeymoon in Colombia – has been evading justice for years, by using fake names and passports

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