LA PAZ--Bolivia is now using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the ...
In the heart of South America, Bolivia is home to some of the most dramatic landscapes on the continent. From pristine rainforests and high-altitude salt flats to cities rich with cultural ...
Landlocked Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a country of extremes located in central South America. Home to snowcapped Andes mountains, as well as the tropical Amazon ...
Hundreds of towns and villages in Bolivia have been put under alert as torrential rains continue to wreak havoc in the South American country. Officials say 33 people have died since November due ...
The upheaval is part of a broad level of unrest across the Andean region of Latin America. Ecuador, Peru and Colombia — Bolivia’s neighbors to the west and north — are all facing significant ...
In a patch of South America rich in lithium, used to make batteries for electric cars and other tech, Bolivia is lagging its neighbors in the race to mine the key metal. An area called the “lithium ...
The construction of the new plants will begin in about three months. China and Russia are among Bolivia's main lithium buyers. Lithium is mostly mined in Australia and South America.