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Rodrigo Paz sworn in as Bolivia's new president, ending 20 years of one-party rule

November 08, 2025 10:35 pm

The party had its heyday during the commodities boom of the early 2000s, but natural gas exports have sputtered and its statist economic model of generous subsidies and a fixed exchange rate has collapsed.

Bolivia heads to polls in a tight runoff as voters seek a president to lift them from crisis

October 19, 2025 1:45 pm

Since 2023, the Andean nation has been crippled by a shortage of US dollars that has locked Bolivians out of their own savings and hampered imports.

Bus crash in Bolivia leaves at least 13 dead, 20 injured

March 13, 2025 1:50 am

Local police attributed the accident to landslides caused by heavy rainfall.

37 killed, dozens injured after two buses collide in Bolivia

March 02, 2025 2:34 am

“As a result of this fatal accident, we have 39 people injured in four hospitals in the town of Uyuni, and 37 people have lost their lives,” a spokesman for the Departmental Police Command of Potosí told reporters.

'Everything is expensive!' Bolivia faces a shocking economic collapse

November 28, 2024 12:50 pm

Bolivia's months long fuel crunch comes as the nation's foreign currency reserves plummet, leaving Bolivians unable to find US dollars at banks and exchange houses. Imported goods that were once commonplace have become scarce.

Bolivia government says ex-President Morales fired upon anti-narcotics patrol

October 29, 2024 7:11 am

Morales claims the government had attempted to assassinate him when bullets struck his car early on Sunday.

Bolivia's beleaguered president announces natural gas discovery, promising a boon for the country

July 16, 2024 5:59 am

Bolivian politicians spent much of the gas windfall on lavishly subsidized fuel. The economic model pioneered by then President Evo Morales, Arce's bitter political rival, quickly became unsustainable when commodity prices fell.

Bolivian president orchestrated a 'self-coup,' political rival Evo Morales claims

July 01, 2024 4:17 am

'We are convinced that democracy is the only way to resolve any difference and that institutions and the rule of law must be respected,' Morales wrote in a post on X, on the day of the military action.

Bolivian government says it detained 4 more people in connection with a failed coup attempt

June 28, 2024 8:12 pm

Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo said that among those arrested were military officers, including the driver of an armored vehicle that rammed into the government palace.

Bolivia government had prior intelligence of coup planning, minister says

June 28, 2024 3:58 am

The failed coup on Wednesday happened over just a few hours and provoked swift condemnations from world leaders, raising fears that democracy in the Andean nation remains at risk.