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35 Catholic Church members probed

Bolivian prosecutors are investigating 35 members of the Catholic Church after more than a dozen victims accused them of sexual abuse, authorities said Tuesday. The...

Bolivia seeks files on pedophile priests from Pope

La Paz, Bolivia - Bolivia's president has asked Pope Francis for files on sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests in the South American country following...

Bolivia charges key opposition leader

Bolivian police arrested Luis Fernando Camacho, governor of the economic powerhouse Santa Cruz region, on "terrorism" charges, setting off street clashes between his supporters...

Chile-Bolivia river dispute set for UN court ruling

THE HAGUE—The International Court of Justice will give its judgement on Thursday on a climate change-fuelled row between Chile and Bolivia over the use...

Gasping for oxygen in Bolivian city battling COVID

The alarm in the Bolivian hospital pierced through the din of beeping life support machines and hissing ventilators—a patient lay unconscious, oblivious to the...

Bolivian wine-growers banking on altitude flavor

TARIJA, Bolivia"•At almost 2,000-meters above sea level, Bolivian wine-growers are continuing a centuries-old tradition started by Jesuit missionaries in a bid to capture a...

20 dead after bus plunges off cliff in Bolivia

Twenty people died and more than a dozen were injured when a passenger bus fell off a cliff in central Bolivia Tuesday, police said. The...

Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes

A tractor cuts a firebreak through the vegetation of the Pantanal, the world's biggest tropical wetlands, as firefighters race to contain the blazes that...

Virus-hit bodies litter Bolivian streets, homes

La Paz, Bolivia"•Bolivian police said on Tuesday they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 percent...

Hundreds of virus-infected bodies recovered from Bolivian streets, homes

Bolivian police said on Tuesday they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 percent of the...

Thousands in Bolivia anti-government protest

Thousands of demonstrators defied quarantine restrictions and marched on the Bolivian capital La Paz on Tuesday to protest against the government of interim President...

Bolivian economy minister becomes fourth cabinet member with COVID

Bolivia's economy minister said Sunday that he tested positive for COVID-19, making him the fourth cabinet member with the virus, in addition to the...

Bolivia ex-health minster held in pre-trial detention over virus scandal

Bolivia's ex-health minister has been remanded in custody over a corruption investigation into over-priced ventilators to fight the novel coronavirus, the attorney general said...

Brazil and Uruguay agree to close border for 30 days

Montevideo, Uruguay—Brazil and Uruguay agreed on Sunday to close their land border for the next 30 days, the Uruguayan foreign minister said. “Brazil has just...
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