Nor Yungas, Bolivia —By the time President Evo Morales announced his resignation on Sunday, the country had been in turmoil for three weeks.

YUNGAS, BOLIVIA - DECEMBER 21: A bus travels the road connecting the city of La Paz to the Coroico in the North Yungas December 21, 2005 in the Yungas, Bolivia. Referred to as the Worlds Most ...

Bolivia’s La Paz is the highest capital in the world. At 3,690m in elevation, its air is cold and thin, leaving many visitors gasping for oxygen and experiencing altitude sickness, known locally ...

LOS YUNGAS, Bolivia, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Bolivia's decision to open an alternate route to its historic 'Death Road' - a serpentine dirt path across the towering Andes hills known for its deadly ...

Hailed by the local media as the “Bolivian Schindler,” Hochschild left behind a trove of files and photographs that document his leading role in saving at least 9,000 lives. In many cases he ...

The 64-kilometre road descends some 3,500 metres and is just three metres wide in some places.There are 200 hairpin bends and ...

Regularly named as the world's most dangerous route, North Yungas Road was cut into the side of the Cordillera Oriental Mountain chain in the 1930s. Many sections are unpaved and lack guardrails.

AT least 13 people have died in a mudslide along a stretch of highway in central Bolivia's Yungas region.

High in the picturesque heart of Bolivia lies the Old Yungas Road, a perilous route often dubbed "Death Road" due to its history of fatalities, claiming an annual average of 200 lives. Extending ...

Here in the idyllic Nor Yungas region north of the cloud-high capital La Paz, the pesticides are taking a toll on Villca's hives. "Of the 20 hives I have, 10 are producing normally and 10 are not." ...

Bolivia's decision to open an alternate route to its historic 'Death Road' - a serpentine dirt path across the towering Andes hills known for its deadly cliffs - has led to a resurgence of ...