As the city government of La Paz develops the Municipal Law for Risk Management, the question of what potential actions could legally be taken against those who do not evacuate themselves from risk areas has sparked protests from some law-makers…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay will visit Bolivia for the first time November 12-17 to gauge the dynamics surrounding human rights in the recently redefined Plurinational State of Bolivia.

Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jiménez arrived in Bolivia yesterday on a 3-day visit to promote investments from Spanish companies under the condition that such investments have legal protection in the long term…

A Bolivian government commission will travel to the Bolivia/Argentina border area where last week Argentine officials charged that a Bolivian military convoy illegally entered Argentinian territory…

In a radio interview this morning, general commander of the police force Oscar Nina suggested that the two deaths resulting from police intervention in the Caranavi roadblocks last May may have been caused by suicide…

Following Bolivian President Evo Morales´ visit to Iran last week, the relationship between the two countries grew even closer yesterday with the announcement that Bolivia will seek to purchase military helicopters and airplanes from Iran…

The mayor´s office of La Paz announced today that the 39 zones in risk of landslides, sinkholes, floods, or other natural disasters have formed 60 Neighborhood Committees for Emergency Operations organized by the Center for Emergency Operations (COE)…

Isaac Ávalos, a Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) senator, urged rural communities affected by drought and forest fires to use funds from the Development Fund for Indigenous and Original Peoples and Rural Communities to repair damage caused by natural disasters…

Mining and Metallurgy Minister José Pimentel and national director of evaporating resources of the Bolivian Mining Company (Comibol) Luis Alberto Echazú separately denied the existence of an agreement between Bolivia and Iran to exploit Bolivia´s lithium reserves…

According to legislators, the Autonomous Statute of the department of La Paz will only be able to function with increased funds, most likely drawn from federal allocations of other regions…