After ten hours of dialogue, the delegation from Tarija walked out of negotiations with the representatives of Chuquisaca department and the Bolivian government, rejecting the accord that would share revenues from the Margarita gas fields between the Tarija and Chuquisaca departments. At the root of the conflict is the hiring of a U.S. company, Gaffney [...]

The Cochabamba Classic Car Club (CVCC) has organized the first ever Classic Car Exposition for this upcoming weekend at the event center El Campo. The event will benefit the burn victim unit of he Viedma hospital and various local and national TV stations are expected to attend. The CVCC was founded in 1997 and has [...]

Two tourists, 26 soldiers, and 10 local villagers trapped by the snows near Laguna Verde on the popular Uyuni tourist circuit have been rescued. Today official hope to rescue a group of six tourists, four locals and several soldiers near Silala in Southeast Potosí. The Potosí government hopes that this will conclude the rescue efforts [...]

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 [...]

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…

A gigantic statue of the Virgin of Copacabana, Bolivia’s patron saint, will be built in the town of the same name between 2012 and 2014. The completed plan was recently presented in Copacabana to great enthusiasm and the first steps to making it a reality…

Bolivia is one of the world’s 15 mega-diverse countries thanks to its abundance of genetic resources, species and natural ecosystems, according to a study by the Friends of Nature Foundation. Bolivia is home to 389 species of mammals, 1,415 types of birds and…

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…

After weeks of road blocks, strikes and sometimes violent confrontations that left tires slashed and windows broken, the government of Cochabamba has come to an agreement with transport workers to raise their urban fares from Bs. 1.50 to Bs. 1.70 for urban rides and from Bs. 2.00 to Bs. 2.20 for rural trips. Cochabamba mayor [...]

Last month, the newspaper La Razón reported that the Tiwanaku archeological site was in a state of neglect …