Bolivia

The all-female collective Imilla Skate in Bolivia

These Indigenous female skateboarders are breaking stereotypes in Bolivia

Culture

A group of young female skateboarders in Bolivia are using their attire to break stereotypes across society. Spanish colonizers introduced polleras to the country centuries ago, and they became a symbol of the Quechua and Aymara ethnic groups of South America.

Students stand in a line in front of the US Supreme Court with signs that read "Home is here"

A new generation of DACA youth depends on Biden for support

Immigration
An indigenous woman holding a Wiphala flag carries a kid, in La Paz, Bolivia November 13, 2019.

Bolivia sees backlash against conservative interim leader

protest

Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?

Protest
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

Road of death

If you’re looking for a good time, try a ride down Bolivia’s ‘road of death’

Sports

In Bolivia, bicyclists are drawn to a dirt road that is known as the “road of death.” It’s windy, narrow and edged out of the side of a mountain. So off the road is a steep, deadly drop. Sound great, right?

President Evo Morales of Bolivia playing in a friendly match in La Paz in 2011

Bolivia’s president is going to play professional soccer, and maybe win over a few voters

Sports

What if President Obama joined the NBA’s Washington Wizards? Obama might want to consider that, after he hears what Bolivian President Evo Morales is up to. Morales has just been offered a contract to play professional soccer in Bolivia’s first division.What if President Obama joined the NBA’s Washington Wizards? Obama might want to consider that, after he hears what Bolivian President Evo Morales is up to. Morales has just been offered a contract to play professional soccer in Bolivia’s first division.

For one American, soccer made all the difference when he moved to his native Bolivia

Sports

Eddie Avila was born in Kansas to Bolivian parents. Growing up, he was more interested in basketball than football — the version we’d call soccer. But when he eventually moved home to Bolivia, it was soccer that called him there and helped him connect with his native land.

As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration

Evo Morales swept into power in Bolivia as the first indigenous president in a nation that counts indigneous people as almost two-thirds of its population. He promised reforms and has followed through, though many say they’re not far-reaching enough. Or they’re just not buying in at all.

Diversion of Bolivia’s Presidential Jet Sparks Outrage in Latin America

Conflict & Justice

Bolivia accuses European states of “aggression” after its presidential plane was apparently forced to land and searched for Edward Snowden.