Bolivia orders arrest of Evo Morales for failing to appear at child trafficking trial
The former president, who is in hiding in the Chapare coca-growing region, is accused of impregnating a minor while he was in office
The hidden history of Afro-Bolivians: From slavery in silver mines to fighting for power
UNESCO recently highlighted a series of 17th-century documents. These reveal that the trafficking of Africans to exploit Bolivia’s Cerro Rico was the origin of the Black community in the country
The sheet music collector: Playing pieces from the early 20th century preserved by Indigenous people
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Bolivian director Raquel Maldonado Villafuerte has rescued up to 7,000 pages of handwritten scores in the Amazonian village of San Ignacio de Moxos
Rodrigo Paz: ‘I hope Bolivia returns to the world and the world returns to Bolivia’
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president-elect of the Andean country says that he considers himself a centrist politician
High blood pressure medication for adults also helps children with butterfly skin
New research reveals the potential of drugs that have been on the market for decades to treat diseases other than those for which they were approved
Bolivian prosecutors issue arrest warrant against Evo Morales, accused of raping a teen
The former president says it is part of a persecution campaign by Luis Arce as both men fight for party control ahead of elections next year. Morales supporters in the coca-growing region warn there will be turmoil if he is apprehended
The perfect storm stalks Bolivia, the country most vulnerable to the climate crisis in South America
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
Severe drought parches Bolivia: ‘My biggest fear is running out of food and water’
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The country’s agricultural production is dropping and over half the population faces food insecurity, warns Save the Children
A helicopter, a harpoon and a ‘bohemian’ adrift: the rescue of Australian castaway Tim Shaddock
EL PAÍS reconstructs the rescue of the veteran sailor, who was stranded for months in the Eastern Pacific, based on interviews with the members of the crew that saved him
Australian castaway Tim Shaddock: ‘I’m just so grateful. I’m alive and I didn’t really think I’d make it’
The 54-year-old sailor was found with his dog in the middle of the Pacific Ocean by a Mexican trawler after surviving on raw fish and rainwater for three months
Flight to Madrid carrying half a ton of cocaine exposes network of collusion between government and drug traffickers in Bolivia
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
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