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La Paz

La Paz’s cable car system — the world’s longest and highest — is cutting down commute times

Transportation

Sitting at 12,000 feet above sea level, Bolivia’s La Paz has the highest altitude of any administrative capital of any country in the world. And it boasts having a world class public transportation system. There are 10 lines and 26 stations. But this is no metro — it’s the longest and highest cable car system in the world.

Several Bolivian politicians are shown in a room holding their hands in the air in celebration.

Morales aide claims victory in Bolivia’s presidential vote

Elections
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

Several people are shown running in the street with one man draped in a Bolivian flag.

‘Everything is a mess’: Morales’ exit convulses Bolivia

Politics
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Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?

Protest

The Indigenous president recently won his fourth consecutive election and could be in power for 18 years. His opponents say the vote was rigged.   

two Bolivian women square off in a wrestling ring

How Indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling

Sports

The more they fight, the more popular they become — and the more pushback they receive.

A woman wearing blue stands at her stall in the market

Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies

Food

Women dominate the food business in Bolivia. From farmers to market sellers, chefs to restaurant owners, women are transforming Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, into a food destination.

Bolivia’s dried-out Ajuan Khota dam, a reservoir affected by drought near La Paz, photographed on Nov. 17.

With melting glaciers and mining, Bolivia’s water is running dangerously low

Environment

Bolivia is suffering its worst drought in 25 years. La Paz residents have been protesting over months-long water shortages which they say should have been avoided.

An Aymara indigenous woman practices climbing on the Huayna Potosi mountain, Bolivia April 2016.

Casting aside imposing summits, these women are scaling Bolivia’s peaks in their traditional ‘cholita’ clothing

Culture

Two years ago, about a dozen Aymara indigenous women in Bolivia put crampons on under their wide traditional skirts and started to do their own climbing.

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