The Government of Luis Arce is increasing the participation of foreign companies in the extraction of the country’s ‘white gold,’ aiming to export 75,000 tons/year of lithium carbonate by 2025
The construction of a new gas pipeline in Argentina is of concern to the Andean country, which is losing one of its main export markets as it struggles with its first economic crisis in decades.
The organization, which is involved in crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and drug trafficking, is extending its tentacles in eight countries in the region
For the Tacana indigenous people, the legal, sustainable and controlled use of the yacare caiman has become a primary activity for utilizing natural resources
The Asian giant recently announced stepped-up investments in the Andean country, but experts warn against conflating political allegiances with economic interests
In 16 Central and South American countries analyzed in a report by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the area allocated to Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities increased by 52 million acres in five years
From 2015 to 2018, the rate rose from 3.8 to 9.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; men between the ages of 30 and 64 and youths between 15 and 24 are the most at risk
The discovery of 484 kg of drugs on a plane at Barajas airport has prompted the La Paz government to acknowledge that drug trafficking has ‘permeated’ its institutions
The alumni association of the Juan XXIII school in Cochabamba, the epicenter of the Company’s pedophilia scandal, attacks the Truth Commission presented by the Government. ‘It is only made up of public officials’
From Mexico to Brazil, cases of dengue have increased. Climate-related factors have provoked an epidemic in the region
An agreement with a Chinese company, accusations of nepotism, and clashes with Washington are the backdrop to current global competition for reserves of the mineral, which is vital for electric gadgets and cars
Attorney General Wilfredo Chávez is launching the probe after EL PAÍS published a story about a Spanish priest who abused children at boarding schools for decades and was protected by church officials
The man who ended the revolutionary career of the guerrilla leader in 1967 retired as a general and was later a political figure and writer
A study of over 300 people reported high levels of this toxic material, which miners use to extract gold from the rivers that supply water and food to the communities
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the nephew who found his uncle’s secret diary, in which the Jesuit priest revealed that he sexually abused dozens of minors during decades, says: ‘You’re with the victims or with the pederast’
A Spanish Jesuit abused dozens of children in Bolivia. His actions were covered up by the Catholic Church, but when he died, Alfonso Pedrajas left behind a shocking confession
For over a decade, the country was an economic oasis in a turbulent region, with low inflation and high growth. Now a shortage of dollars amid dwindling international reserves is prompting questions about whether it’s coming to an end
‘The Lancet’ has for the first time published a report on the relationship between health and climate change in the region
The US and a study by ‘Insight Crime’ maintain that under Nicolás Maduro’s administration, illicit crops and processing laboratories have increased in scope
Health authorities have detected at least eight cases of infected birds in the wild and in backyard fowl, and adopted new measures to prevent its spread to poultry farms
Several government agencies have been tasked with finding a beloved pet that disappeared from a plane’s cargo hold during a short domestic flight
Hallucinogenic substances are experiencing a renaissance after very promising scientific research results
Speaking from Mexico, to where he fled after stepping down on Sunday amid growing violence over election fraud claims, the former Bolivian president tells EL PAÍS that he is the victim of a coup
President Evo Morales sends high-level delegation to Buenos Aires in bid to reduce tensions
Final official count in referendum shows 51.30% rejected altering the Constitution
The president will be remembered as the country’s first indigenous head of state
Feminist and LGBT groups say president’s comments paint discrimination as normal
