Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors.Full story
President Evo Morales acted on a longtime threat Wednesday and expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for allegedly seeking to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, and he harangued Washington's top diplomat for calling the Western Hemisphere the "backyard" of the U.S. Full story
Thousands of families in Bolivia were hit hard this week as torrential rains caused rivers to overflow. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.
More than 120,000 turtle hatchlings were released into an Amazonian river in Bolivia as part of a project to re-establish a population diminished by excessive hunting. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
Dozens of inmates at a Bolivian prison buried themselves in the ground up to their necks, to put pressure on the government over meal subsidies. NBCNews.com's Jay Gray reports.
The skulls of dead relatives are brought out and given offerings during a week long tradition in Bolivia that follows All Saints' Day. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
A 7-year-old, blind musician from Bolivia is taking the jazz world by storm. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
More than 80 bakers pitched in to create South America's biggest cake in honor of Bolivia's Mount Illimani. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: Sean Penn testifies during the Advocating for American Jacob Ostreicher's Freedom after Two Years in Bolivian Detention hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC.
A graffiti of a shoe shiner is pictured as Bolivia's Aymara people attend a rally in La Paz, May 20, 2013. Thousands of Aymara people arrived at the center of La Paz to support Bolivia's President Evo Morales' pension policies against members of the Bolivian Workers Central group who demanded for a
Bolivia's Aymara people attend a rally in La Paz, May 20, 2013. Thousands of Aymara people arrived at the center of La Paz to support Bolivia's President Evo Morales' pension policies against members of the Bolivian Workers Central group who demanded for an increase in pension payments. REUTERS/Gas
