Regions / Latin America / Bolivia

Heard the tale about the private sector always doing things better? Nick Dowson wonders why it still has believers.

In her final column writing from Bolivia, Amy Booth reflects on what Cochabamba has revealed to her – including about herself.

Being on the wrong side of suspicion can have extreme consequences where formal justice systems are not fully functional, realizes Amy Booth on a visit to a prison.

Bolivians have had to get used to doing without postal services. In her Letter From Cochabamba, Amy Booth writes how they manage instead.

A highway project threatens indigenous peoples' reserves in Bolivia. Aldo Orellana Lopez reports.

Not a sign of progress but a cause for alarm. Amy Booth reports from Cochabamba’s overlong dry season.

Amy Booth goes to the back of beyond in Bolivia and hears of a surprising migration.

Amy Booth visits a Bolivian isolated indigenous community fallen on hard times, striving to keep their culture alive

Bolivian democracy was won from the clutches of dictators. Amy Booth meets a frontline participant in the struggle.

Her travel plans thwarted, Amy Booth reflects on a very Bolivian way of drawing attention to grievances.

Playing with water is controversial in a place with a history of water struggles like Cochabamba, writes Amy Booth.

Working children have more pressing concerns than the law, discovers Amy Booth.

Amy Booth finds her feet – and friends – in Bolivia.

Community micro-grids, government-controlled energy, or both? Three experts thrash out the options.

Richard Swift welcomes the Bolivian president's third term in office.

A miner, pick in one hand, rifle in the other, adorns many main squares of Bolivia’s highland mining communities, symbolizing the country’s tradition of radical social movements.

The leader of the Housewives’ Committee in Bolivia 1979.

After Copenhagen’s dismal failure, social movements from all over the world gathered in Bolivia – here's what happened.