Inmates riot at San Pedro prison in Bolivia over food allowances

Last updated: 28 minutes ago Prisoners climbed onto the roof holding pot lids and signs, shouting slogans about hunger as they called for better conditions. Authorities said the protest was triggered by delays in the payment of daily food...

Bolivia rejects U.S. drug trafficking report, questions its role as "unilateral judge"

LA PAZ, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia on Tuesday rejected the conclusions of a United States State Department report on drug trafficking and questioned Washington's role as a "unilateral judge." The United States is not a recognized body for...

Bolivia: Former President Morales warns on impunity over massacres

“The annulment of judicial proceedings against the coup plotters, ordered by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Romer Saucedo, and obeyed by judges without independence, constitutes a serious setback in the search for justice,” Morales...

Bolivia Bicentennial commemorative note not spendable

Banco Central de Bolivia has issued a colorful commemorative note, without denomination, marking that nation’s bicentennial. The note face, in shades of the national flag’s colors of red, yellow and green, features images of eight of the most...

Bolivian cement consumption up 14% in July

Cement demand in Bolivia advanced 14.4 per cent YoY to 371,762t in July 2025 when compared with July 2024 when demand reached 325,082t, according to the national statistics institute, INE. In Santa Cruz, demand advanced significantly by 15.6 per...

The Bolivian-American War (Part One)

The attack on the United States Southern Command lasted only two minutes, but the damage was considerable. According to the security cameras in the parking lot, twenty-four mortar shells hit the facility, launched from the radio transmitter park...

Graystone Eye’s Commitment to Care Reaches Bolivia

HICKORY — At Graystone Eye, our mission to preserve the gift of sight extends far beyond the walls of our clinics and surgery center. Through our nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, Graystone Eye Missions, and with the support of our physicians, we...

British Ambassador to Bolivia highlights strength of relations

Porter explained that the film is inspired by the homonymous work of Jane Austen, one of the most influential female authors in the history of British literature, whose 250th birthday, on December 17, 1775, is commemorated this year. The film was...

Bolivians celebrate 50th anniversary

Nearly 700 people gathered Feb. 16 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Boliviana (Bolivian Mennonite Evangelical Church). The IEMB emerged from the efforts of Mennonite Central Committee...

Eloro Resources Reports the Longest and Highest-Grade Tin Intersection Obtained thus far in Drilling at its Iska Iska Project, Potosí Department, Bolivia with 213.00 Metres Grading 0.51% Tin (Sn)

DSB-85, a step-out hole drilled 125m southwest of hole DSB-79 intersected a number of higher-grade tin and silver intervals: 38.26 g/t Ag over 22.50m, beginning at 58.50m, including 65.60 g/t Ag over 10.50m, beginning at 58.50m 68.36 g/t Ag over...

Bolivia Joins the Condemnation of US Violations to Venezuelan Sovereign Waters

Destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), with 96 missiles and 380 marines, was used to assault the Venezuelan fishing boat “Carmen Rosa”: 21 meters, 9 unarmed fishermen. Photo: X September 14, 2025 Hour: 7:47 pm The Bolivian president Luis Arce said...

Bolivia to face South Korea, Japan in friendlies

LA PAZ, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia will play friendlies against South Korea and Japan in November as part of its preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoffs, the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) said on Friday. The South American side...

Bolivia’s Gold Forwards Buy Time but Bind the Next Government

Bolivia has turned bullion into breathing space, raising nearly a billion dollars through gold forwards and hedges to stave off default. The gamble eases today’s crisis but burdens the next government with deliveries, legal risks, and...

Trump lists India, Pakistan, Myanmar, 20 others as major drug transit countries

US President Donald Trump has named 23 countries, including India, Pakistan and Myanmar, as major drug transit or major illicit drug producing countries. Other listed countries include Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, the People's...

Bolivia: better the devil you don’t know than the old already known

The defeat of the presidential candidate of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), Eduardo Del Castillo, in the first round of the presidential elections marks, for now, the closing of the left-wing populist cycle in Bolivia. Del Castillo’s electoral...

Bolivia to meet Jordan in friendly ahead of World Cup playoffs

LA PAZ, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia will begin its preparations for the FIFA World Cup playoffs with a friendly against Jordan next month, the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) said on Thursday. The match will be played in Türkiye - at a venue...

Bolivia Enacts Law to Protect Minors’ Sexual Integrity in Digital Environments

September 11, 2025 Hour: 2:47 pm On Wednesday, Bolivian President Luis Arce enacted the Law for the Protection of the Sexual Integrity of Children and Adolescents in Digital Environments. RELATED: Bolivia’s President Arce Condemns US Military...

Bolivian Stadium Not Ready, Asunción Takes Over 2025 Copa Sudamericana Final

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced that Asunción will once again host the final of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana. The event in Paraguay’s capital is scheduled for 22 November. Conmebol states that a recent technical...

Bolivia, Lithium’s Largest Source, Moves Sharply Right

TOPSHOT - Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022. - The turquoise glimmer of open-air pools meets the...

Bolivia: Arce signs bill protecting children from online abuse into law

Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 09:54 UTC “We are strengthening prevention, protection, and redress for serious crimes such as grooming,” Arce said Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday signed into law a new bill aimed at protecting children...