News: Bolivia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Bolivia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Bolivia: news

Bolivian women battle against culture of harassment

Wednesday, March 12th 2014, 1:27

Bolivian women face culture of harassment
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Bolivia military rule victims 'erased from history'

Tuesday, March 11th 2014, 0:22

Forgotten victims of Bolivia's military rule demand recognition
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VIDEO: Bolivia's big band festival

Monday, February 24th 2014, 3:58

Around six thousand musicians have gathered for Bolivia's annual band festival as part of the run-up to the Oruro Carnival, the country's largest annual celebration.
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Bolivia torrential rains kill 29

Tuesday, February 4th 2014, 12:27

Dozens of people have been killed and tens of thousands of families affected by torrential rains in Bolivia, official figures say.
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VIDEO: Lucky escape in Bolivia floods

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 1:47

A state of emergency is in place in several provinces in Bolivia, as heavy rain and floods continue.
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VIDEO: Heavy rain causes mudslides in Bolivia

Tuesday, January 28th 2014, 18:31

At least eight people die in northern Bolivia after torrential rainfall causes mudslides and flooding over the weekend.
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Bolivia 'to build nuclear reactor'

Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 1:47
related countries: United States

Bolivian President Evo Morales announces plans to build the country's first nuclear reactor, making it the fourth Latin American country to do so.
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Bolivians cheer satellite launch

Saturday, December 21st 2013, 4:57
related countries: China
related places: La Paz

Thousands of people in La Paz celebrate the launch of Bolivia's first telecommunications satellite from a base in China.
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US businessman escapes Bolivia

Tuesday, December 17th 2013, 16:05
related countries: United States

An American businessman detained in Bolivia without charge for more than two years has escaped back to the US, officials in both countries say.
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Eight killed in Bolivia plane crash

Monday, November 4th 2013, 1:55

A turboprop airplane crashes and catches fire trying to land in heavy rain in Bolivia's Amazon region, killing at least eight people.
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VIDEO: Farmers and riot police clash in Bolivia

Friday, October 11th 2013, 15:33

Pictures emerge of clashes in central Bolivia between the country's riot police and farmers demanding greater government funding.
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Bolivia crackdown on coca agency

Tuesday, October 8th 2013, 1:10

The head of Bolivia's coca control agency is arrested over accusations of illegally selling seized coca, document fraud and extortion.
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$1m thrown out of Bolivian plane

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 21:33
related places: Santa Cruz

Bolivian police seize $1m in a bag thrown by suspected drug dealers from low-flying plane in Santa Cruz province.
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VIDEO: $1m thrown out of plane in Bolivia

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013, 14:13

Anti-narcotics agents in Bolivia recover over $1m (£617,284; 739,710 euros) in suspected drugs money they say was thrown out of a plane.
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Boy's 'killers' dead in Brazil jail

Saturday, August 31st 2013, 4:26
related countries: Botswana, Brazil

Two Brazilian men accused of murdering a five-year-old Bolivian boy are found dead in prison, after reportedly being poisoned by other inmates.
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Brazil minister quits in Bolivia row

Tuesday, August 27th 2013, 2:10
related countries: Botswana, Brazil
related places: La Paz

Brazil's foreign minister resigns after a fugitive Bolivian politician holed up in the Brazilian embassy in La Paz is spirited away in a diplomat's car.
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Bolivia prison riot death toll rises

Saturday, August 24th 2013, 22:50
related places: Santa Cruz

Thirty-one people, including a toddler, are confirmed to have died in a prison riot in Bolivia's largest prison outside the city of Santa Cruz.
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Many dead in Bolivia prison riot

Friday, August 23rd 2013, 22:57

A riot at a prison in eastern Bolivia has left at least 29 people dead and more than 50 injured, officials say.
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Bolivia accepts European apologies

Wednesday, July 24th 2013, 18:02

Bolivian President Evo Morales says he accepts apologies from four European countries that barred his jet from flying into their airspace last month.
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Mercosur 'to recall' Europe envoys

Friday, July 12th 2013, 22:57
related countries: United States

Four South American countries say they will recall some of their ambassadors after the Bolivian president's plane was banned from European airspace.
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VIDEO: Bolivian plane diversion row

Wednesday, July 10th 2013, 1:52
related countries: Austria, United States

In Washington a special meeting has been held by The Organization of American States to discuss why the Bolivian president's plane was forced to divert to Austria after it was suspected Edward Snowden was on board.
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VIDEO: Anger in Bolivia after jet blocked

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 3:37
related countries: France, Italy, Spain

Bolivia has summoned the ambassadors of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy to explain why their countries blocked President Evo Morales' jet last week.
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