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Citizens in Bolivia head to the polls to elect their new president. This is the first time elections are held since the 2019 Bolivian political crisis which saw Evo Morales resigning from power and Jeanine Áñez temporarily taking power. The two main candidates are Luis Arce, representing Morales's party Movement for Socialism, and Carlos Mesa, representing the centrist Revolutionary Left Front.
2020-10-18

Bolivia and Chile agree on a deal to return home hundreds of Bolivian migrants stranded at a makeshift camp in Santiago. The migrants will be transported to Iquique where they will spend 14 days in quarantine before finally returning to Bolivia.
2020-04-28

In a tit-for-tat move, Spain expels three Bolivian diplomatic staff from Madrid after interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez forced two Spanish diplomats and the Mexican ambassador to leave. Their expulsions are related to the Mexican embassy in La Paz's decision to shelter at least nine officials connected to the government of deposed President Evo Morales.
2019-12-30

A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed, leaving 14 dead and 21 injured.
2019-08-5

Russia and Bolivia meet to discuss how Russian defense firms can help the South American nation's long-term rearmament plan.
2016-04-12

Bolivia's Plurinational Legislative Assembly passes legislation that would amend the constitution removing term limits for the President if passed in a referendum next year.
2015-09-26

Nine tourists are killed as a bus crashes returning from Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flats to La Paz.
2014-08-30

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

At least 16 people die and 32 are injured after a bus falls into a ravine north of the Bolivian capital La Paz.
2012-06-7