Bolivia will hold its presidential election on October 18. Last year’s controversial elections led to widespread protests and the eventual ouster of president Evo Morales. The U.S. Embassy recommends that organizations o...
Environmental security is a serious concern throughout South America, particularly in the Amazon basin. Deforestation heavily influences security, especially for natural resource outfits, research and academic institutio...
COVID-19 has not only crippled economies around the world, but has also impacted criminal groups and their illicit revenue streams. Criminal organizations across the region are adapting by turning to different crimes suc...
Following the release of the OAS election audit on November 10, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation. The security and political environment resulting from the past days’ events is chaotic and uncerta...
Bolivians will go to the polls Sunday, October 20 to elect a president, vice-president, 36 senators, and 130 representatives, all of whom will serve a five-year term of office starting in early 2020. A key question is wh...
Travelers must take extra precautions when considering adventure tourism, and private-sector employers should ensure they communicate with their travelers any organizational expectations of communication, self-protection...
Upward of 90 percent of the cocaine that enters the U.S. comes from Colombia, and the rest comes mostly from Bolivia and Peru. The South American drug market is a transnational effort: Peruvian criminals smuggle cocaine...
The current flooding in Bolivia is the worst the country has seen in 25 years. The government is preparing contingency plans for the complete evacuation of Trinidad, a departmental capital with a population of 90,000.
According to local media reporting, demonstrators opposed to the Movement to Socialism’s stance on changing a Constituent Assembly voting mechanism plan on holding demonstrations throughout Bolivia’s four eastern regions...
Public transportation syndicate leaders have called for a nationwide transportation strike that started at midnight on August 28, 2006 and is expected to last 48 hours.
Overseas Security Advisory Council Bureau of Diplomatic Security U.S. Department of State