The Brazilian ambassador in Bolivia, Marcel Biato, announced yesterday that many of the recently registered cars in the database of the Bolivian Customs agencyhad been stolen in Brazil. Biato avoided mentioning the exact number but other officials said to news agency Efe that the total was around 4,000 and said that the number could climb [...]

A new law passed by President Evo Morales, granting an amnesty to owners of illegal and unregistered cars, has now registered a shocking 127,700 automobiles. The registrations are initiated over the internet and allow owners of cars smuggled into Bolivia to legalize them. The government had predicted less than 10% of this number of illegal [...]

Twenty eight people were killed and ten severly wounded when a bus operated by the comapny Copa Moya crashed between Tarija and Villazón yesterday. The bus crashed at 1 p.m. in the afternoon, falling off a steep escarpment in near Las Antenas en Sama. The vehicle fell some 200 meters (656 feet). Although the official [...]

In the first 20 hours of the new “Vehicular Cleaning and Regularization” law customs saw 6,807 formerly illegal vehicles registered. Many of these vehicles were illegally smuggled into Bolivia, whose President Evo Morales had banned the importation of any vehicles older than 2006, while others may be stolen. The government was surprised by the number [...]

23 days after the blockade on the Bolivia-Peru border began, Puno residents decided to enact a 7 day recess during which they would lift the blockades. The small immigration point in Desaguadero was reopened last night at 11:00pm and it is hoped…

On Tuesday, Bolivian president Evo Morales announced that a first-class international airport will be built in Chuquisaca in three years. The government has signed a contract with the construction company Combisa, which won the contract to build the airport. The airport will be built in the Alcantari region, south of Sucre. It will require an [...]

As a result of roadblocks on the Bolivia-Peru border, Bolivian exporters are losing $60,000 (USD )a day. Today, 8 days into the event, the amount comes to…

A small Cessna airplane belonging to the Bolivian Air Force (FAB) is missing as of yesterday when it was conducting fly-overs of the Yungas towns of Coroico, La Asunta, and Caranavi near La Paz. The plane left from El Alto International Airport yesterday at 10:30 and was supposed to have returned at 2:30 in the [...]

Yesterday morning, at least three people were injured in a clash between health workers and teachers who were blocking the road between Trinidad and Santa Cruz and transport workers who were stuck in place on the road. The incident took place in the area of Mituquije. Despite an agreement to alleviate the roadblock, it is [...]

The plan for a new 306 kilometer road between Chaparé’s Villa Tunari (Cochabamba) and San Ignacio de Moxos (Beni) near Trinidad has been approved. The new road will be financed by a $332 million dollar, 15 year loan from Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) and Bolivia will provide $83 million dollars of financing. A small [...]