As Protests Swell, Bolivia Cancels Foreign Contract
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By Rene Villegas LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Anti-government protests inBolivia on Tuesday paralyzed two cities and pushed authoritiesto meet a key demand -- the cancellation of a water concessionrun by a foreign company.
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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia  - Bolivia's president closed a two-day regional summit on Saturday by saying a South American community of nations modeled on the European Union could become a reality in five years.
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Clashes erupt as Bolivian security forces take control of the country's busiest airport in a row over landing fees.
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A large American transport company has become the first contractor to pull out of Iraq because of the continuing violence. US officials say Contrack International has cancelled a $500 million project to build
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Bolivia's president closed  a two-day regional summit on Saturday by saying a South  American community of nations modeled on the European Union  could become a reality in five years.
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Opposition senators in Bolivia threaten to boycott the senate as thousands march against land reforms.
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia  - Bolivia's energy-richregions came to a standstill on Thursday in a 24-hour strike todemand autonomy from capital city La Paz, where a poorindigenous majority has restricted development of the area'svast oil and gas reserves.
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia  - Bolivian florist Marisol  Rioja went on strike, marched in rallies and saw her sales slip  during nearly three weeks of protests for more independence in  her native Santa Cruz province.
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Nepal tour operators say tourists cancelled millions of  dollars of bookings due to the rebel blockade of Kathmandu.
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A strike by workers and a demonstration that drew hundreds of thousands of people paralyzed Santa Cruz on Tuesday as Bolivia's largest city joined an anti-government protest that has elicited a pledge from the president to resign if things turn violent.
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FIFA is backing down from its ban on international soccer matches in Bolivia's capital of La Paz.
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Hundreds of thousands of Bolivians in this eastern lowland city protested Friday to demand more autonomy from the government of President Evo Morales and reject his control over an assembly rewriting the constitution.
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Thousands of Bolivians marched for and against President Evo Morales on Saturday in dueling rallies, exposing the deep divisions that threaten to bring fresh political turmoil to South America's poorest country.
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Chile's Escondida presented  workers with a new contract offer on Sunday which, if approved  by workers, would end a strike that has lasted nearly two weeks  and halved production at the world's largest copper mine.
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International agitators join mass protest
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Bolivia's leftist president must overcome steep bureaucratic obstacles and fierce political opposition before using his newly won right to seize huge swathes of land held by the country's richest and most powerful families.
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An American scholar said Friday that an official at the U.S. Embassy asked him to keep tabs on Venezuelan and Cuban workers in Bolivia. Washington said that any such request would be an error and against U.S. policy.