Bolivia News » Cochamba News Bolivia » Cochamba: The Cochabamba Water War: Bolivia’s rebellion against neoliberalism
Riot police are positioned on a tear gas-enshrouded street during a protest by an estimated 2,000 residents against a sharp hike in water prices February 2000 in Cochabamba, Bolivia's second largest ...
News Bolivia » Cochamba: “It’s About People Feeding Their Families”: Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Rock Bolivia
Protests in Bolivia are demanding the resignation of Rodrigo Paz, the country’s first right-wing president in decades. Since Paz took office in November 2025, the country has been placed under ...
News Bolivia » Cochamba: CITY PROFILE: Cochabamba Brims With Potential, Hoping to Build a Wider Foundation
Bolivia doesn’t often make the headlines in the Nearshore news roundup. Until recently, there’s been good reason for US companies to overlook it. An inactive investment promotion scene, mixed English ...
News Bolivia » Cochamba: Bolivia runoff consolidates fragmentation: ruling party keeps two regions, opposition governs the rest
Voters in five Bolivian departments went to the polls on Sunday to complete the regional elections that began on March 22, in a runoff that consolidated a fragmented political map: President Rodrigo ...
News Bolivia » Cochamba: Bolivia’s Bitcoin mining shifts to sustainable model with idle power plant
Italian firm Alps revives a dormant 127 MW gas plant in Bolivia for Bitcoin mining, deploying a dollar-denominated model to bypass the country's currency crisis.
News Bolivia » Cochamba: Cochabamba: when the post doesn’t come
Bolivians have had to get used to doing without postal services. In her Letter From Cochabamba, Amy Booth writes how they manage instead Illustration by Sarah John One thing that has amazed me about ...
News Bolivia » Cochamba: Armed group kidnaps more than 200 military personnel and seizes base in central Bolivia
An armed group has taken control of a military post in central Bolivia and is holding more than 200 personnel hostage. The Bolivian military said Friday that an “irregular armed group” had kidnapped ...