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President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia said Tuesday he planned to scrap a ream of taxes, in one of his first moves since becoming the nation’s first conservative leader in nearly two decades in a bid to rescue a crisis-stricke...

Bolivia's President-elect Rodrigo Paz will be sworn in on Saturday, inheriting an economy in turmoil and facing tricky negotiations in the legislature to pass reforms economists say are needed to stabilize the country's...

Centrist Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia's presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating conservative rival Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, as the country's worst economic crisis in a generation helped propel the end of nearly two decades of l...

Polls in Bolivia closed on Sunday and voters awaited the results of a presidential runoff that marks a decisive rejection of the socialist government and a likely foreign policy shift toward the United States after decad...

Conservative former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga is banking on a bold economic rescue plan to win Bolivia's October 19 presidential runoff, where he faces centrist Senator Rodrigo Paz.

Police in Bolivia have arrested the country's former counternarcotics czar after finding a cocaine lab on one of his properties, although it is not yet clear if he was aware of its existence.

A Bolivian court ordered the release of an influential right-wing political leader on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Bolivia's ruling socialist party lost an election that saw large gains for right-wing parties.

Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga was once seen as a sideshow in Bolivia’s presidential races, his pleas for free markets and small government falling on deaf ears in a country dominated by budget-busting populism.

Bolivians decisively repudiated the leftist party which has ruled the country for most of the past two decades in a first-round presidential election vote, likely paving the way for more market-friendly policies for its...

After a lackluster campaign overshadowed by a looming economic collapse, millions of Bolivians voted on Sunday for a new president and parliament in elections that could see a right-wing government elected for the first...

On Sunday, Bolivians go the polls in the first round of presidential and parliamentary elections which could see a country that steadfastly voted left for a generation swing to the right.

The rise in power and influence of the Indigenous Aymara in Bolivia has been the country's biggest political shift of recent decades, driven by the success of former President Evo Morales and the leftist party he founded...

The country enters its third century essentially broke, warning recently it might soon be forced to default on its debts. A chronic shortage of dollars means it cannot pay for enough fuel imports, and queues at petrol st...

Bolivian President Luis Arce has called for unity among the left ahead of the country’s general election.

Bolivian Labor Minister Erland Rodriguez Lafuente has died, prompting authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, the government said on Saturday in a statement shared on social med...

Clashes between anti-government protesters and authorities in Bolivia have left at least four first responders dead, the country's justice minister said on Thursday.

Bolivian Senate leader Andronico Rodriguez is eligible to run in the nation's presidential elections later this year, a constitutional court confirmed on Thursday, while former President Evo Morales remains out of the ru...

A leader of Panama’s most powerful union, a driving force for weeks of street protests against social security reforms, climbed an embassy wall and requested political asylum from Bolivia on Wednesday.

The registration window for candidates hoping to compete for Bolivia's presidency in its August election expired on Tuesday, drawing a line under ex-President Evo Morales' attempt at a fourth presidential term.

The leader of Brazilian organized crime syndicate PCC has been jailed in a maximum-security prison in Brasilia after his arrest in Bolivia over the weekend, officials in Brazil said on Monday.