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: 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 roadblocks leave Paraguayan truck drivers stranded
More than 5,000 cargo truck drivers are stranded on Bolivian highways, according to Bolivia's National Chamber of Transport.
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 ...
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: No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women
Gender-based violence remains prevalent in Bolivia, but Maria Auxiliadora, a women-led community in Cochabamba, is trying to change this The barrio of Maria Auxiliadora slopes up one of the many hills ...