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Bolivia's New Diesel Price Explained: Who's Striking, Who Made a Deal, and What's Next

Bolivia's diesel price rose 83% overnight as Paz scraps the subsidy ahead of an IMF vote. What's confirmed, what's disputed, and what comes next.

Latin Times · Sep 21

What the OAS Says Happens Next After Bolivia Extended Its State of Emergency by 90 Days

Bolivia extended its state of emergency by 90 days as the OAS reviews a revised death toll, a new police deal and an unresolved fuel crisis.

Latin Times · Sep 19

San Miguel's foxes fell to 15, then rebounded to 322 through conservation

In the late 1990s, San Miguel Island off the coast of Southern California was home to just 15 island foxes, down from an estimated 450. Three decades later, the population has recovered to roughly 322 animals. The turnaround followed an intensive conservation programme that tackled several causes of the decline…

The Times of India · Sep 18

Bolivia's $1.9 Billion IMF Deal Reaches Congress — But Santa Cruz Just Set a Deadline That Could Blow It Up

Bolivia's $1.9B IMF deal is now before Congress, but a Sept. 9 Santa Cruz assembly and a currency float are reshaping the diesel-price fight.

Latin Times · Sep 7

Bolivia Orders Arrest of Suspected Hit-Squad Coordinator as Cerimedo's Scandal Reaches the Presidency

"Bolivia orders an arrest in the Beller shooting, opens a fourth Cerimedo case, and his own testimony now complicates Paz's account."

Latin Times · Sep 1

From a Prison Cell to Royalty: Tatiana Marset Crowned Santa Cruz Carnival Queen While Facing Charges

Tatiana Marset walked free from a Bolivian prison and was crowned a Carnival comparsa queen — while her brother Sebastián faces trial in the US. She still faces charges was placed under house arrest in the bustling Bolivian metropolis of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Latin Times · Aug 24

Presidential Adviser Cerimedo Jailed as Nadia Beller Shooting Case Turns Political

Nadia Beller survived a Bolivia shooting and accused adviser Fernando Cerimedo of ordering it — then made far bigger claims about who runs the country.

Latin Times · Aug 23

Indian-origin UC Santa Cruz student dies as car plunges from cliff into ocean, male driver escaped with minor injuries

A 19-year-old US Santa Cruz student, Alli Renee Singh, was killed when a car that she was not driving plunged off Santa Cruz's iconic West Cliff Drive on August 13. The fatal crash took place near Streamer Lane, which is a world-famous surf break where massive waves touch the cliffs.

The Times of India · Aug 22

In 2005, California began eradicating 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island as part of a wider fox recovery effort; by 2015 its native fox population had risen from under 70 to about 2,100

The successful eradication of feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island, initiated in 2005 and completed by 2006, played a pivotal role in the recovery of the island fox. Once teetering on the brink of extinction, the island fox population rebounded dramatically. In 2016, federal authorities celebrated the milestone of removing…

The Times of India · Aug 21

The Cerimedo Investigation: How an Attack on Nadia Beller Entangles the Argentine and Bolivian Governments

Prosecutors charged Fernando Cerimedo with attempted femicide after Nadia Beller was shot in Bolivia. A second probe and Argentina ties complicate it.

Latin Times · Aug 20