Cuban deported to Africa manages to leave Bangui after nearly three months and begins journey to Bolivia

Arístides Fernández García, the 37-year-old Cuban deported by the United States to the Central African Republic, successfully left the capital of that country, Bangui, on Monday, after nearly three months of uncertainty, illness, and difficulties in …

4 minors, 1 adult killed in violent incidents in southwestern Bolivia

LA PAZ, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Four minors and an adult were killed in two separate violent incidents over the weekend in Bolivia's southwestern Potosi department, including an apparent murder-suicide and a double stabbing, police said Monday. The first …

Bolivia Man's Heart Rate Hit 180 After Surgery — Nurse's Catch Saved Him

George Mandley was recovering from open-heart surgery when his heart suddenly took off, racing from about 80 beats per minute to 180. The Bolivia, North Carolina resident could feel something was wrong before anyone said a word. “Oh … something can’t be …

Bolivia and Chile Plan Rail Corridor Capacity Triple to 2.2 Million Tons

Bolivia and Chile are preparing to overhaul the railway corridor linking the Andean cities of Oruro and Uyuni with the Chilean ports of Antofagasta and Mejillones. Currently, this route carries approximately 800,000 tons of mineral product annually, but …

Gold fever closes in on the habitat of the tilcayo, Bolivia’s newly discovered wild cat

The landscape of asphalt and concrete that defines La Paz can give way, within just a few miles, to hot, dense forests clinging to the mountainsides. The steep, unforgiving streets north of Bolivia’s administrative capital are replaced by thick vegetation …

Bolivia signs MoU to access Chile's Humboldt cable

Bolivia and Chile have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop technical studies for a terrestrial fibre-optic corridor that would give Bolivia access to the planned Humboldt submarine cable to Australia and beyond, reports local daily El Deber …

Gas in Bolivia: The Rise and Fall of a Depleting Resource | Gas en Bolivia, auge y caída de un recurso que se termina

By Michel Zelada, Los Tiempos: A group of people waits in line to buy a cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas for household use. | Carlos López Experts in hydrocarbons, companies involved in gas extraction, the government itself, and other stakeholders in  …

Bolivia’s Energy Crisis Deepens as Natural Gas Reserves Run Dry

Years of underinvestment in Bolivia’s gas industry have left the South American country facing a severe fuel shortage, as energy prices rise ever higher owing to the ongoing war in Iran. The energy shortages and economic crisis follow years of poor …

The Justice of Bolivia orders six months of preventive detention for the former prosecutor Torrez for drug trafficking

The Bolivian Justice has issued this Saturday six months of preventive prison against the former prosecutor of the department of La Paz, Luis Carlos Torrez, investigated for alleged crimes of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organization, …

Chile’s president makes first state visit to Bolivia in more than 70 years