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Weekly Must-Read: Why China’s Lithium Firms Have Their Sights Set on Bolivia

The South American country has the world’s largest reserves of the key EV battery raw material, but political and practical obstacles have prevented it from becoming a significant global supplier

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Man ate worms and drank urine to survive brutal 31 days lost in the Amazon jungle

Jhonatan Acosta, 30, has told how he became lost in part of the Amazon jungle in Bolivia and was forced to eat worms and drink his urine, while fighting off wild boars that attacked him

Daily Mirror

Man survived 31 days in Amazon jungle by eating worms

Jhonattan Acosta, 30, got lost in the jungle after becoming separated from his four friends while out hunting in northern Bolivia.

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Woman left fighting for her life after vicious dolphin nearly bit her foot off

Claire Bye, 28 was swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma, Bolivia while on a guided tour when she entered the water and was attacked by a pink river dolphin.

Daily Record

Bristol holidaymaker bitten by dolphin on holiday of a lifetime

She was left with a 'huge hole' before surgery

Bristol Post

Woman left fighting for life after dolphin bites through her foot

Claire Bye, 28, was swimming in a river in Santa Rosa de Yacuma, Bolivia, when a pink river dolphin suddenly sunk its teeth into her right foot

The Independent UK

Woman left fighting for her life when dolphin nearly bit her foot off during a wild swim

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Wild dolphin attacks Brit swimming in Bolivia leaving her fighting for life

Claire Bye had to have 32 stitches and developed a life-threatening infection after a pink river dolphin attacked her foot on a trip of a lifetime around South America

Daily Mirror

Colombia, Bolivia to ask UN to remove coca leaf from narcotics list

Colombia and Bolivia will jointly ask the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca leaves from its list of prohibited substances and accept the plant's traditional uses, Colombia's government said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Study: Don't blame climate change for South American drought

Scientists say climate change isn't to blame for the nasty three-year drought still devastating Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia

The Independent UK

Bolivian hospitals under strain as dengue kills dozens

Hospitals in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz region are struggling to keep up with an outbreak of dengue that has killed at least 26 people

The Independent UK

Bolivians turn out for opposition-led 'national assembly' as protests could return

Bolivians nationwide participated in an opposition-led "national assembly" on Wednesday to discuss a slew of proposals, including whether to restart protests which ignited in December over the arrest of Santa Cruz Governor Luis Camacho.

Reuters

Bolivia’s dream of a lithium future plays out on high-altitude salt flats

The government eyes an economic bonanza in a mineral vital to electric batteries but critics ask if plan is viable and at what environmental cost

The Guardian - US

Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country

Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

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Rape survivor wins case against ‘cruel and inhumane’ state of Bolivia

An international court found that Brisa De Angulo, who was abused at 15, had her rights violated during the judicial process

The Independent UK

Protesters lift blockades in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region

Protesters in Bolivia have lifted the blockades that had largely isolated the rich eastern region of Santa Cruz from the rest of the country for more than 15 days

Daily Mirror

Sue Perkins left vomiting for 15 hours straight after downing hallucinogenic brew

Former Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins has lifted the lid on her experiences with a hallucinogenic cup of tea which left her vomiting for 15 hours while on an adventure in Bolivia

The Independent UK

Bolivia: Opposition blockades push for leader's release

Trucks are snarled and people in the Santa Cruz region have to find ways to skirt blockades that opposition leaders set up across the area considered to be Bolivia's economic engine to protest the detention of Gov_ Luis Fernando Camacho late last year on “terrorism charges.”

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Bolivia's farm hub battles political capital over cattle and grains

Javier Monasterio, a rancher in Bolivia's lowland area of Santa Cruz, is feeling the economic hit of weeks-long protests and blockades since the dramatic arrest of the region's governor that has snarled domestic transport of grains and meat.

Reuters

Peru bans entry to former Bolivian president Morales, eight others

Peru has banned nine Bolivian citizens, including former president Evo Morales, from entering the country, the Peruvian interior ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Reuters

Peru protesters clash with police in airport takeover attempt in Puno

Dozens of protesters attempted to take over an airport near Peru's border with Bolivia Friday as part of anti-government protests, prompting police to use tear gas to disperse them.

Miami Herald

In hearing closed to public, former Bolivian minister gets 6 years in Florida tear gas case

MIAMI — A former minister in the Bolivian government who has been in federal custody since 2021 was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Wednesday for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes through a Miami bank in exchange for steering an inflated tear-gas contract to a…

The Independent UK

Ex-Bolivia official receives stiff jail sentence for bribes

A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his country's government

Reuters

U.S. court sentences former Bolivian interior minister to nearly 6 years behind bars

A U.S. court sentenced former Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo to 70 months behind bars on Wednesday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

The Independent UK

Bolivia: Spanish, Chilean lawmakers meddled in local affairs

A Spanish lawmaker says he was formally kicked out of Bolivia as he was getting ready to leave the South American country after he visited to demand the release of opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho

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