Bolivian President Evo Morales and thousands of supporters celebrated Bolivia's new constitution as it took effect Saturday, saying the new document will enshrine indigenous rights and end centuries of oppression. ...more

February 8, 2009

A deadly clash this month on a jungle highway has become the newest and bloodiest symbol of Bolivia's political crisis pitting President Evo Morales against an autonomy movement in the eastern lowlands that is bitterly resisting his leftist reforms. ...more

September 28, 2008

Soldiers arrested an opposition governor Tuesday on suspicion of directing a massacre of government supporters, as Bolivia's political crisis prompted the United States to evacuate its Peace Corps volunteers. ...more

September 17, 2008

President Evo Morales struggled to assert control over a badly fractured Bolivia on Sunday as protesters set fire to a town hall and blockaded highways in opposition-controlled provinces, impeding gasoline and food distribution. ...more

September 15, 2008

The United States accused three top aides to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of helping Colombian guerrillas traffic cocaine and topple the Colombian government, the first time the Bush administration has publicly outlined what it calls tight links between a terrorist group and the highest echelon of Venezuela's leftist government. ...more

September 13, 2008

In an escalating tit-for-tat, the Bush administration on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Bolivia's ambassador to the United States after Bolivia expelled the U.S. envoy there. Hours later, Venezuela's president, in what he called a solidarity move, ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas to leave the country. ...more

September 12, 2008

Bilma Acuna has two drug-addicted sons and roams the streets of this slum with a purpose: to save others from the same fate. ...more

February 23, 2008

Armed with clubs and waving provincial flags, thousands of residents of Bolivia's wealthiest province seized control of the country's busiest airport Friday from troops sent in by President Evo Morales. ...more

October 20, 2007