The cholita indigenous women from Bolivia’s countryside ... and periods of crippling poverty, the Bolivian people are no ...

Bolivia has become the first country in the history of South America to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves. The country's first indigenous president, Evo Morales ...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is to be briefed on the effects of mercury contamination on indigenous peoples of Bolivia as a direct result of intensive mining, it was ...

Protesters in Bolivia disrupted a government conference Thursday that was discussing lithium contracts with Chinese and ...

Today, Bolivia has the largest proportion of indigenous people in Latin America, who make up around two-thirds of the population, with 37 official languages and two capital cities (La Paz and Sucre).

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...

As demand soars for powerful batteries, Bolivia dreams of striking it rich by tapping its huge lithium deposit. But will its people benefit? While the indigenous Aymara population harvests and ...

Chile’s biggest carnival is kicking off at full speed today. As many as 150,000 people have traveled to the northern Chilean ...

Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 804-814. Luz, A.C. 2012. The role of acculturation in indigenous peoples’ hunting patterns and wildlife availability. The case of the Tsimane’ in the Bolivian Amazon. Ph ...