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PH bet in Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 joins Bolivia’s Boulevard Carnaval

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 11:39 AM

Katrina Llegado is honored to have showcased the best of Filipino fashion and culture as she took part in Boulevard Carnaval 2020.  Read more »

Tourists who damaged Machu Picchu site deported, banned for 15 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 10:07 AM

LIMA, Peru - Five tourists accused of damaging Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site were deported to Bolivia on Thursday and barred from returning to the country for 15 years, police and immigration officials said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 21, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 11:54 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Filipino leftists express support for resigned Bolivian President Morales

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 05:07 PM

Leftist groups hold a solidarity action in Quezon City on Thursday for resigned Bolivian president Evo Morales after weeks of protests since his reelection in October. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 14, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 11:39 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

It's Bolivia's turn

Natacha Pisarenko, AP
Updated as of Nov 14 11:20 AM

Bolivia's new interim president Jeanine Anez faces the challenge of stabilizing the nation and organizing national elections within three months at a time of political disputes that pushed Morales to fly off to self-exile in Mexico after 14 years in power. Read more »

Evo Morales's topsy turvy flight into exile

Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 06:52 AM

MEXICO CITY - Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales jetted off to exile in Mexico Tuesday in a bizarre flight full of detours that traced the shifting political map of a Latin America racked by crises. Read more »

Trump: Bolivia leader's resignation sign to 'illegitimate regimes'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 07:44 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Monday hailed the resignation of Bolivia's leftist leader Evo Morales as a sign to "illegitimate" regimes and praised the role of the country's military. Read more »

Bolivia's Morales resigns after losing backing of security forces

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 11 07:42 AM

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation Sunday, caving in following three weeks of sometimes-violent protests over his disputed re-election after the army and police withdrew their backing. Read more »

Helicopter carrying Bolivia president makes emergency landing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 08:05 AM

No one was hurt, the air force said, but the incident fueled tensions in the country where protesters have been rallying against the leftist president for two weeks following his disputed re-election. Read more »

Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 pageant postponed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 02:38 PM

The Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 pageant has been postponed following the post-election violence in host country Bolivia.  Read more »

A 70-year old biking grandmother conquers Bolivia's 'Death Road'

Daniel Ramos, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 09:51 AM

Bolivia's "Death Road" might seem an odd place for a septuagenarian grandmother on 2 wheels.   Read more »

More than 2 million animals perish in Bolivia wildfires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 07:42 AM

More than two million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in weeks of wildfires that devastated huge swaths of Bolivian forest and grassland, environmental experts said Wednesday.   Read more »

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle. Read more »

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision on Amazon domain

Reuters
Posted at May 27 07:18 AM

The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon Inc the rights to the .amazon domain. Read more »

River or retail? Amazon nears victory vs 8 nations over domain name

Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:21 AM

Amazon Inc has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012. But Amazon basin countries Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname have argued that it refers to their geographic region and should not be the monopoly of one company. Read more »

In the new lithium 'Great Game' Germany edges out China in Bolivia

Mitra Taj, Reuters
Posted at Jan 28 10:24 PM

While the substance of the deal has been reported, how China, Bolivia's biggest non-institutional lender and close ideological ally, lost out to Germany has not. Read more »

PANOORIN: Iba't ibang pakulo sa pagsalubong ng 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 08:51 PM

Sa New York, tinanghal ang taunang "Good Riddance Day" na isang "symbolic" na pagtanggal ng masasamang alaala ng taon. Read more »

Strong, deep quake rocks Bolivia, shakes buildings in Brazil

Daniel Ramos, Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 11:40 AM

An earthquake of at least 6.6 magnitude shook Bolivia early on Monday, causing no damage or injuries but driving people out of office buildings as far away as Brasilia and Sao Paulo in neighboring Brazil, officials said.   Read more »

'It was so cold': Winwyn holds bikini shoot at highest navigable lake in the world

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 07:34 PM

She's used to our country's weather.  Read more »