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Four people are killed and fifty others are injured after a tear gas grenade is set off causing a human stampede at a public university in Potosí, Bolivia.
2022-05-9

At the request of Bolivia, Argentine prosecutors file charges against former president Mauricio Macri, security minister Patricia Bullrich, defense minister Oscar Aguad and former Argentine ambassador to Bolivia Normando Álvarez García for allegedly supporting the removal of Evo Morales from power in November 2019. The Argentine government of that time is also accused of sending ammunition and weaponry to help the government of interim president Jeanine Áñez suppress protests organized by Morales' supporters.
2021-07-17

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Tarija, Bolivia, and is felt as far as São Paulo, Brazil, approximately 3,000 km away. There are no reports of major damage or casualties.
2018-04-2

A suspected rapist is attacked and buried alive by an angry mob in Bolivia.
2013-06-7

At least 8 people are killed and 36 injured when a passenger bus overturns on the highway between the cities of Sucre and Potosí in southern Bolivia.
2012-12-1

Bolivia revokes a mining concession to Canada's South American Silver Corporation after violent protests by Quechua people.
2012-07-11

The Bolivian government rescinds a government decree that significantly increased fuel prices after violent unrest.
2011-01-1

Anti-government protests in Potosí, Bolivia enter their third week, affecting mining production, blocking road and air transport, stranding tourists and reducing food supplies.
2010-08-12

Protesters in Potosí, Bolivia, strengthen an anti-government protest by starting a hunger strike and cutting rail links to Chile.
2010-08-8

A road accident in Bolivia kills at least 25, injures 44, between Cochabama and Potosí.
2010-06-27