The high price of Bolivia’s minerals - 09 Dec 07
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Potosi on the thousands of people drawn back into Bolivia’s dangerous mines by the rising price of minerals.
Evacuation rush for Bolivia’s flood victims - 02 Feb 08
The president of Bolivia has appealed to his neighbours for help, as months of torrential rains devastate his country.South America’s poorest nation is already looking at a clean up bill of around half a billion dollars.The UN’s World Food Programme is providing aid for tens of thousands of people, while rescue teams on the ground are scrambling to reach those still in danger.Teresa Bo reports from Santa Cruz.
Bolivia battles rising flood waters - 31 Jan 08
Flooding in Bolivia has killed at least ten people and left thousands more homeless.Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Santa Cruz, where the flooding, brought on by a weather phenomenon known as “La Ninya” has disrupted the lives of hundreds of people.
Bolivia faces constitutional divides - 08 Dec 2007
When Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, was elected two years ago he promised to rewrite Bolivia’s constitution to improve the lives of the indigenous majority, but this has led to a political crisis.Bolivia’s opposition, mainly the ultra-nationalist Socialist Phalange, says Morales reforms significantly heighten his own powers.After 16 month, a constituent assembly approved a draft constitution but the opposition calls it illegal, Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo, has more on Bolivia’s divisions.
People & Power - People Power and Kate Dewes - 19 Sep 07
Bolivians rise against a corrupt governor in Cochabamba and The extraordinary success behind a New Zealand woman’s wish to make the world nuclear-free for her children.