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Long live democracy: Bolivia President thanks people after coup attempt fails, troops return to barracks
Bolivian President Luis Arce thanked people after a 'coup attempt' which saw armoured vehicles ramm…
ANI
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My kids went to school in Bolivia and Armenia. It was coming back to the US that was hardest for them to adjust.
Her kids struggled with the fear of school shootings when moving back to the US. She listened to th…
Lia Miller
Why 'the mountain that eats men' is on the verge of collapse in Bolivia
Miners in Bolivia spend hours searching for silver, tin, and zinc inside Cerro Rico, a 15,000-foot …
Texas, Afghanistan, and Bolivia are all facing the effects of brutal droughts
Afghanistan, Texas, and Bolivia are facing the effects of brutal droughts that are affecting the li…
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To break stereotypes that only men climb mountains, the Cholita Climbers scale Bolivia's highest peaks in skirts
The group of 11 women, all between 40 and 50 years old, are thought to be the first Aymara women to…
Elias Chavez
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China's yuan expands its growing foothold in South America as Bolivia reduces reliance on US dollar
Bolivia made financial transactions totaling 278 million Chinese yuan from May through July, or abo…
Jason Ma
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2 male dolphins were seen playing with an anaconda while sexually aroused in a perplexing encounter captured by researchers
Researchers observed two adult males each holding onto the anaconda and swimming in unison, in what…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Inside the isolated Mennonite community in Bolivia where 8 men were accused of raping more than a hundred women and girls, the horrific crime that inspired the film 'Women Talking'
Mennonite teenagers performing their daily chores at home.Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images
Lauren Frias
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The world's highest ski resort was once in Bolivia. Now, it's a ghost town with abandoned buildings and a gloomy past.
An abandoned ski resort building sits on the cliffside of the Chacaltaya mountain.Matthew Williams-…
Monica Humphries
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8 of the world's most dangerous roads
While driving new roads can be exciting, in some parts of the world it can be terrifying. We explor…
Daniel Gessner
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A dangerous movement hyping toxic bleach as a 'miracle cure' is more powerful than ever after exploiting the pandemic in Latin America
A bleach-drinking movement backed by politicians, crank medics, and local celebrities has been swee…
Tom Porter
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Researchers discovered 20 new species of frogs, butterflies, snakes and more during an expedition in the Bolivian Andes
The expedition Bolivia's Zongo Valley was part of a Conservation International program to assess th…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Bolivia's new government is encouraging people to take toxic bleach as a cure for COVID-19, a victory for a months-long disinformation campaign
Bolivia's health minister, Edgar Pozo, endorsed so-called "Miracle Mineral Solution," a toxic and t…
Tom Porter
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Scientists discovered a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola that can spread person-to-person in Bolivia
Chapare virus was first observed in 2004 and again in 2019. The second outbreak yielded new informa…
Andrea Michelson
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Bolivia's biggest political party promised to legalize a toxic bleach to treat COVID-19. After winning a landslide victory, there is nothing to stop it
The triumph of Bolivia's MAS party was hailed by socialists worldwide, but it also marked a triumph…
Tom Porter
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Bolivians are drinking a toxic bleach, wrongly believing it will ward off COVID-19. Many end up in the hospital.
A Business Insider investigation has identified a network of controversial medics promoting toxic b…
Tom Porter
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How an entire nation embraced toxic bleach as a COVID-19 miracle cure after a tide of misinformation that authorities couldn't counter
Bolivia is in chaos, and advocates of a toxic-bleach "miracle cure" have exploited the situation an…
Tom Porter,Ruqayyah Moynihan
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Bolivia's lawmakers have approved 'Miracle Mineral Solution' — a toxic bleach — as a treatment for COVID-19. Only the president can stop it becoming law
Bolivian lawmakers are pushing to legalise a substance which its own health ministry has warned has…
Tom Porter
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Bolivia's senate approved 'miracle mineral solution' — a toxic bleach with no medical use — as a treatment for COVID-19
The substance, chlorine dioxide, is banned as a medical treatment in several countries but has beco…