The Latest Breaking News from Bolivia

Russian investigator says wants new tribunal for Ukraine

The head of Russia's investigative committee said Moscow had charged 92 members of Ukrainian armed forces with crimes against humanity and proposed an international tribunal backed by countries including Bolivia, Iran and Syria.

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

Typewriters are Still Thriving in Bolivia

Rogelio Condori clicks on his typewriter with his eyes focused on the paper.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 13, 2022

Kew Gardens Announces New Giant Waterlily Species

Experts at London's Kew Gardens on Monday revealed they have discovered the first new giant waterlily species since the mid-19th century -- after it was initially mistaken for another. Specimens of the new species had lain undiscovered at the botanical garden for 177 years and in the National Herbarium of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 4, 2022

Bolivian ex-president Anez convicted of orchestrating coup, gets 10-yr sentence

A Bolivian court found former President Jeanine Anez guilty on Friday of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power during a 2019 political crisis.

Reuters · Jun 11, 2022

Cholita Mona Lisa: Bolivian Artist Gives Famed Portrait Indigenous Makeover

High in Bolivia's Andean mountains, surrounded by small thatched roofed houses and sheep, Claudia Callizaya, 32, makes the final brushstroke to her newest piece of art: a take on the "Mona Lisa" as a local indigenous cholita woman. Her adaptation has the same steady gaze as in Leonardo da Vinci's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 1, 2022

Laser technology reveals ancient cities with pyramids in Bolivian Amazon

Scientists believe the cities were built between 500 and 1400 AD and have been hidden for centuries under dense vegetation

Daily Mirror · May 31, 2022

In Bolivia's silver mountain, artisanal miners turn to coca and the devil

Next to one of Bolivia's poorest cities lies one of the richest silver mines in the history of mankind - Cerro Rico, Spanish for 'Rich Mountain - a once-legendary source of wealth for the Spanish Empire that is now being dug out by artisanal miners.

Reuters · May 30, 2022

Bolivian student, 52, jailed in probe of pay from government

Max Mendoza has been a remarkably persistent student — and a profitable one: He’s been enrolled at a public university in Bolivia for 32 years but never graduated

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Legendary lithium riches from Bolivia's salt flats may still just be a mirage

On Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Quispe is watching from the sidelines a global resource race for the world's largest - and almost untapped - trove of battery metal lithium.

Reuters · May 23, 2022

Dominic Thiem and Ons Jabeur slip to first-round defeats in French Open

Dominic Thiem was easily beaten by Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien in the French Open first round, while in the women’s event Ons Jabeur became the first major casualty with a surprise defeat by Poland’s Magda Linette

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022