Bolivia

Bolivia Calls Time on Bizarre World of Prison Frequented By Tourists
Tourists who once brided to gawk, shop, dine and even do drugs in jail are banned, while inmates' families face expulsion too

When to Visit the Uyuni Salt Flat
Recommended times to visit the Salt Flat of Uyuni. Advantages and disadvantages of a trip during the rainy or the dry season. Useful tips and recommendations.

Bolivia Set to Adopt New Constitution Empowering Indigenous Majority
Bolivians expected to endorse charter to end centuries of oppression for indigenous population

Bolivia: Welcome to Lucha Libre - the Sport for Men Making Heroes of Women
Wrestling makes feminism an unlikely champion in poor, tough Bolivia

Bolivia's Landlocked Sailors Pine for the High Seas
Naval force practices for the day it will finally reach open water again

Bolivia Split in Two As the Wealthy Aim to Defy the Morales Revolution
Violent protests against President Evo Morales shake Bolivia and cut the Andean nation in half

Bolivia: Awakening a 'mountain That Eats Men'
Indigenous workers find mixed rewards at infamous Spanish colonial silver minebolivi

Bolivia Remains Bitterly Divided Despite Poll Win By President Morales
Morales to push for new constitution to transform the country and increase power of the indigenous majority

Evo Morales Wins Bolivian Presidential Referendum
Former coca leaf farmer vows to press ahead with plans to transform country into leftwing centralist state

Morales Heads for Win in Tense Bolivian Poll
President is poised for victory in a recall referendum but political crisis continues

Clashes in Bolivia Halt Talks Before Morales Referendum
Demonstrators hostile to the president besieged an airport and clashed with police in Tarija

Stalled Morales Puts Faith in Referendum
Bolivia's president is to attempt to revive efforts to transform his country by gambling presidency in a recall vote

Bolivia: Where Rioting is a Way of Life
A tropical morning sun beat down on the plaza and the crowd was impatient to become a mob

Crisis in Bolivia After Vote for Autonomy
Santa Cruz distances itself from the capital and renounces the leftwing policies of President Evo Morales

Revolt Against the Peasant President
Reform agenda of Bolivia's left-wing leader, Evo Morales, challenged by right-wing militias and rich ranchers

Autonomy Poll Threatens to Derail Bolivia's Revolution
Referendum is elite's tactic to block fairer treatment of indigenous highlanders

Bolivian Mps Trade Punches in Row Over Control of Judiciary
Bolivia's congress this week descended into a bout of fighting, with MPs hitting and kicking each other in an argument over control of the judiciary.

Peasants Set the Fashion in Bolivia's Ethnic Revolution
For centuries the traditional dress of South America's indigenous people has been mocked as the garb of losers. The Indians lost power to the conquistadors, they lost land and wealth to waves of European settlers, and eventually they lost pride.

After Evita - Evo, the Movie, Puts Bolivia on Map
The script might sound familiar: a South American nation in turmoil, a leader from humble origins who becomes a hero to the poor, and the story made into a movie. No, not Evita, this is Evo.

Chávez Paid for Bolivia Gas Nationalisation
Venezuela hired US firm to fight energy companies - Move shows president's influence across region

Take the Coca Out of Cola, Bolivian Farmers Say
Bolivian coca farmers want to reclaim the leaf as part of their country's cultural heritage by forcing the US drinks giant to change its brand name.

Morales Leads Way for Latin American Harmony
South America's left wing leaders today attempted to forge closer economic ties at a showcase in Bolivia for the continent's so-called pink tide.

Bolivia Passes Major Land Reform
The Bolivian president, Evo Morales, has secured a sweeping land reform bill with the help of thousands of indigenous peasants who marched on the capital, La Paz.

Morales Pushes Through Radical Land Reform Bill
The Bolivian president, Evo Morales, has secured the passage of a sweeping land reform bill with the help of thousands of peasants who marched on La Paz.

Bolivia Appeals for New Breed of Diplomats As Pony-tailed Journalist Goes to Us
Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, has asked the public to nominate people they feel would make good ambassadors for the country. The aim is to show a different face of Bolivia to the world than the one represented by career diplomats.

When Two Poor Countries Reclaimed Oilfields, Why Did Just One Spark Uproar?
The outcry over Bolivia's renationalisation and the silence over Chad's betrays the hypocrisy of the critics. By George Monbiot

Latin America's Oil Rebels Rebuff Eu
· Venezuela and Bolivia use summit to hail 'new era' · Blair urges responsible approach to energy stocks

Morales and Chavez Rebuked at Eu Summit
EU leaders today rounded on Bolivia and Venezuela for challenging free market policies at a summit of European and Latin American leaders in Vienna.

Gas Showdown: So Much Hot Air?
The Bolivian president's need for western expertise may force him to temper his renationalisation moves, writes Conal Walsh.

Bolivian Energy Plans Scare Investors
The British oil and gas company BG Group today said it would leave Bolivia if the risks are too great after the country's decision to nationalise its energy assets. "If the conditions are not suitable, ie the risk is too great or the returns are inadequate, then we will not invest, and we...

Bolivia's Swoop for Gas Reserves Stuns Energy Giants
· EU and US caught out by nationalisation move · Shares fall after Morales sends in army on May Day

Bush's Phone Offensive
When Bolivia's newly elected populist president, Evo Morales, received a congratulatory telephone call from the White House last week, he confessed he was surprised. By Simon Tisdall

Thousands Throng Streets As Bolivian Leader Sheds Tears But Talks Tough at Inauguration
· President insists he will not eradicate coca trade · Warning to US as Morales threatens to turn to China

Nice Sweater. Here's One Just Like It. Only £4.40
On Monday, Bolivia enters a new era. Evo Morales will have been sworn in as the first indigenous leader of Latin America's poorest country and, almost as importantly, Bolivians will be able to buy a replica of the striped sweater that became his trademark as he met kings, presidents and prime ministers around the world.

Earning His Stripes
The stripey jumpers worn by Bolivia's president to be could become a symbol of Latin American radicalism, says Giles Tremlett.

BOLIVIA FOR BOLIVAR: The Right to Food & Water
The election of Evo Morales as Bolivia's first indigenous president is the latest sign of success for the Bolivarian movement sweeping across Latin America. An alternative to the policies of globalization, the movement has a great deal to offer.

Triumph for Bolivia's Candidate of Poor
· Indigenous coca advocate leads in presidential poll · Result reflects anti-US feeling in Latin America

Coca Farmer Turned Saviour of the Left Promises Wind of Change in Bolivia
Barring mishap, Evo Morales could soon become Latin America's first wholly indigenous leader.

Presidential Favourite Vows to Legalise Coca
The favourite in Bolivia's December presidential election, Evo Morales, has pledged to legalise the cultivation of coca leaves, the raw material for cocaine.

Inca Revolutionaries Show Their Power
Bolivia's indigenous people want an end to 'gringo rule'. Some are ready to use force if elections fail them.

New President Takes Office in Bolivia
Bolivia's new interim president, Eduardo Rodriguez, took office today, promising to call early elections in an effort to calm opposition protests that paralysed the country for nearly a month.

Bolivian President Offers Resignation
The Bolivian president, Carlos Mesa, yesterday submitted his resignation in an effort to bring weeks of crippling protests over the management of the country's natural resources to an end.

Street Protests By Poor Push Bolivia to the Brink
President under attack over free-market ideals and exploitation of resources.

Coca Farmers' Hero Holds Sway in Bolivia
US dismayed as socialist becomes nation's power broker. He has been described as the new Simón Bolívar, the visionary soldier who to tried to unite the South American continent.

Justice on the Streets of Bolivia
Isabel Hilton: The ousting of Bolivia's president is a warning that the demands of Latin America's poor cannot be ignored.

La Paz Calms As Leader is Exiled
The exiled former president of Bolivia, holed up in a hotel in Miami, yesterday spoke of the "shock and shame" he felt after being forced to resign and of his fears for the future of the South American country. As calm returned to the streets of the capital, La Paz, the ousted leader,...

Unions in Bolivia go on strike
Bolivian trade unions are to launch an indefinite general strike today, adding to the mounting pressure on Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada's centre-right government.

Bolivia to let more farmers cash in on coca
It is a farmers' market like any other, but there is only one crop on sale: every week enough coca passes through this row of sheds to make half a tonne of cocaine.

Bolivian congress elects millionaire president
The attempt by the coca growers' leader, Evo Morales, to become Bolivia's first "people's president" failed yesterday when the congress elected a millionaire former president as the new leader after debating through Saturday night for more than 24 hours.

Democracy dawns for Bolivia's first people
Senators and deputies vote in the second round election this weekend for a new president. The charismatic leader of the indigenous coca growers, Evo Morales, believes that he needs just five more votes to beat the rightwinger who led the first round, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.

Bolivia's Leftwing Upstart Alarms Us
The United States government is actively intervening in Bolivia's choice of new president next month, warning that US aid will be withdrawn if the socialist Evo Morales is appointed. It is the latest in a series of recent interventions by the US in Latin American elections in an attempt...