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 [...]

Yesterday President Evo Morales helped Cochabamba celebrate its annual  “Bicycle Day” by cycling in a massive group alongside Cochabamba’s mayor and other dignitaries.  All of Cochabamba main streets were blocked to vehicular traffic, but this time by universal consensus rather than in protest to something.  Bikes ruled the roads yesterday and Cochabamba’s famously contaminated air [...]

“The tram used to go from the main square in Cala Cala and passed through Queru Queru. First it was electric and then it used coal. It had another line that went from Cochabamba center to Cala Cala,” recalled 103 year old Elcira Arteaga García recently. That train line and all other trains in the [...]