Bolivia passes land reform bill
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Bolivia's Senate passes a controversial land reform bill pushed by President Morales after a week of deadlock.
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Demonstrators seized control of a  natural gas facility in Bolivia on Friday in protest over the  government's nationalization of the energy industry, which they  say has not gone far enough, local radio reported.
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Venezuela's left-leaning government on Tuesday promised to grant poor farmers at least 100,000 plots of land carved from either state property or large private holdings, a step toward implementing a controversial agrarian reform law, a top agricultural official said.
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law yesterday to manage the country's vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population -- a major breakthrough in US efforts to press the country's Shi'ite, Sunni, and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
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Indian and peasant organizations promising better access to health care and education won every major Bolivian city in local elections Sunday, trouncing long-dominant parties in a reshuffling of the political map in South America's poorest country, unofficial results showed.
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Bolivia's political parties agreed to revive the assembly working to rewrite the constitution, which had been stalled for weeks, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera said on Thursday.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Tourists and political pilgrims  can now follow "Che's trail" in Bolivia, which traces Ernesto  Guevara's fatal attempt to export the Cuban revolution to one  of Latin America's poorest countries.
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Four of Boliviaâs wealthiest provinces celebrated efforts to seek greater autonomy from the central government on Saturday.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia  - Indigenous groups andindependent candidates were poised to win local elections inBolivia on Sunday, while support for traditional parties sankfurther after a popular revolt last year toppled formerpresident Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
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Tourists and political pilgrims can now follow "Che's trail" in Bolivia, which traces Ernesto Guevara's fatal attempt to export the Cuban revolution to one of Latin America's poorest countries.
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Bolivia reaches agreement on a price increase over its natural gas exports to Brazil.
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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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Bolivia&#039;s first Indian president, Evo Morales, is hoping for a big win by his socialist allies in elections Sunday to choose an assembly that will rewrite the constitution.
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President Evo Morales' backers in an assembly rewriting Bolivia's constitution have proposed allowing the populist leader to seek re-election for an unlimited number of consecutive terms.
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Across the low-lying plains in this eastern Bolivia city, green and white flags hang from storefronts and drape from cars &#151; symbols of a growing push for greater political autonomy in the country's most prosperous region.
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Venezuela passes a strict media law condemned by the opposition and human rights groups.
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A law that gives the government control over the content of radio and television programs in Venezuela took effect Thursday.