Bolivia

Two orange cable cars from "Mi Teleférico" gliding across a cable against a clear blue sky with a moon visible, set above a densely built hillside cityscape.
A holiday transportation special
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49:50
Bolivia’s public transportation relies on cable cars
5:06
Bolivians elect a center-right president for the first time in two decades
Full Episode
49:19
Bolivians elect a center-right president for the first time in two decades
7:44
Ruling party knocked out of Bolivian election
1:11
The all-female collective Imilla Skate in Bolivia
A show dedicated to sports
Full Episode
47:30
Meet the Indigenous skateboarders breaking stereotypes in Bolivia
4:09
Violence erupts in Syria’s coastal region
Full Episode
48:23
Transportation
La Paz’s cable car system — the world’s longest and highest — is cutting down commute times
5:13
Bolivia’s public transportation relies on cable cars
5:13
Bolivians clean tons of trash from lake that’s home to flamingos
2:45
Bolivia’s ongoing political crisis turning violent
4:42
Low voter turnout expected for Iran’s election
Full Episode
48:16
The political fault lines behind the attempted coup in Bolivia
4:15
A woman in the middle of a crop field holding crops
The Big Fix
An engineer in Bolivia is reviving an ancestral, nutritious grain for the 21st century
A person standing on a pyramid of dried salt, while the rest of the salt flat looks like the surface of a lake
Economics
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension.
Migrants from Venezuela cross into Chile from the Bolivian border near Colchane, Chile
Migration
Chile grapples with transnational criminal organizations targeting migrants and locals
Children play in a flooded area of Leticia, Colombia, Feb. 14, 2017, located by the Amazon River, on the border with Brazil and Peru.
Environment
Brazil’s neighbors wary of environmental impact of a Bolsonaro victory
The all-female collective Imilla Skate in Bolivia
Culture
These Indigenous female skateboarders are breaking stereotypes in Bolivia
Students stand in a line in front of the US Supreme Court with signs that read "Home is here"
Immigration
A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support
A woman with a dog passes by graffiti depicting the Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and US President Donald Trump vandalized with paint in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, Nov. 3, 2020.
Global Politics
Trump’s use of the authoritarian playbook will have lasting consequences
Several Bolivian politicians are shown in a room holding their hands in the air in celebration.
Elections
Morales aide claims victory in Bolivia’s presidential vote
Demonstrators with makeshift shields protest against President Evo Morales' reelection, in La Paz, Boliva, Nov. 6, 2019.
Conflict
Embattled Bolivian mayor refuses to step down amid political crisis: ‘Quitting would be a betrayal’
Flags of many countries carried by protesters fill the frame.
Global Politics
Power outage: How did global leadership change in 2019?
Sudanese protesters chant slogans during a rally calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put on trial in Khartoum, Sudan, Oct. 21, 2019.
Protest
Protests that rocked The World in 2019
Eloy Rojas Mamani, right, gestures toward his wife Etelvina Ramos Mamani are shown standing next to each other with Eloy wearing a dark suit and Etelvina wearing a white top.
‘October Massacre’ victims’ trial highlights traumas in Bolivia
An indigenous woman holding a Wiphala flag carries a kid, in La Paz, Bolivia November 13, 2019.
Bolivia sees backlash against conservative interim leader
A protester with a bandana covering their face and wearing a helmet, cocks an arm back to throw a smoking canister of tear gas back at police.
Protest
Urban unrest propels global wave of protests
Several people are shown running in the street with one man draped in a Bolivian flag.
Politics
‘Everything is a mess’: Morales’ exit convulses Bolivia
protest
Protest
Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?
A fire burns at night in the jungle.
Environment
Amazon fires: 8 ways you can help stop the rainforest burning
two Bolivian women square off in a wrestling ring
Sports
How Indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling
Romeo and Juliet, two Sehuencas frogs
Environment
‘Romeo and Juliet’ give hope for survival of the Sehuencas water frog
several people are seen demonstrating and holding signs that read "Sea for Bolivia, Sea unit us."
Every year on ‘Día Del Mar,’ Bolivia celebrates the coastline they lost
A woman wearing blue stands at her stall in the market
Food
Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies
Stans ossuary in Stans, Switzerland.
Culture
Remember that you have to die
Politics
Hugo Chavez’s 5 weirdest moments
Politics
Morales goes back to his roots
Business, Finance & Economics
Bolivia’s Morales set for another showdown
Politics
In Bolivia, protesters with disabilities clash with police
Agence France-Presse
Bolivian journalists strangled to death
Agence France-Presse
Bolivia’s Evo Morales defends right to chew coca leaf (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
For Which it Stands: Bolivia
Politics
Textiles, drugs and politics
Agence France-Presse
Brazil slashes Bolivian gas imports
Agence France-Presse
Brazil backs Bolivia with drug war assistance
Agence France-Presse
Is there a shift toward indigenous leaders in Bolivia?
Business, Finance & Economics
A hidden high-altitude treasure
Agence France-Presse
A question of autonomy on Bolivia’s high plains
Agence France-Presse
With power consolidated, will Evo Morales take Bolivia to the center?
Agence France-Presse
Guerrillas take to government
Agence France-Presse
The rise of a southern axis
Agence France-Presse
Please, take our money!
Lifestyle
Chile quake: The view from Valdivia
Agence France-Presse
Photos: a life in Bolivia’s mines
Bolivia’s dried-out Ajuan Khota dam, a reservoir affected by drought near La Paz, photographed on Nov. 17.
Environment
With melting glaciers and mining, Bolivia’s water is running dangerously low
Business, Economics and Jobs
Quinoa: Bolivia’s nutty-tasting export success
Agence France-Presse
Full Frame: Promised Land
Agence France-Presse
Full Frame: the promised land
Agence France-Presse
Full Frame: the promised land