The Latest Breaking News from Bolivia

The two leading presidential candidates are both rightwingers and the leftist party of former president Evo Morales faces potential extinction

A giant cruise ship dominates the skyline in the city of El Alto in landlocked Bolivia, a symbol of the transformation of an Indigenous bastion keenly fought over in Sunday's presidential election.

Bolivia's presidential candidates made a final push for votes on Wednesday ahead of elections on the weekend set to end 20 years of socialist rule.

Bolivia is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, marked by high inflation and severe fuel shortages, as voters prepare for the Aug. 17 general election, where they will choose a new president and legislators in both chambers.

A bread roll has become a symbol of a severe economic crisis in Boliva that looks set to decide the outcome of the most significant elections in nearly two decades.

Much of what ails Bolivia right now seems to converge in a shrunken piece of subsidized bread that La Paz residents call “pan de batalla” or “battle bread.”

One of the front-runners in Bolivia's upcoming presidential election, right-winger Jorge Quiroga, told AFP on Friday the country was poised for "radical change" after two decades of socialist rule marked in recent years by a severe economic crisis.

Every August, Bolivians climb mountains, light offerings, and whisper prayers to Pachamama, or Mother Earth

Every August, thousands of pilgrims travel to Copacabana, a Bolivian town on the shores of Lake Titicaca, to honor Our Lady of Copacabana, one of Mary's titles and a revered figure believed to grant miracles

I went to El Alto, a satellite city of La Paz in the Andean Plateau, which is over 4000 meters high, and I found something you couldn't expect!

This ancient city in modern-day Bolivia is almost 13,000 feet above sea level. Only a small portion of the ruins have been excavated.