For $2 a go, tourists can purchase sticks of dynamite and experience them exploding in the “nightmarish” subterranean world created by silver miners in Potosí, one of the world’s highest cities.

Potosí, a city in the Bolivian Andes, was once one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Today, it grapples with the consequences of centuries of mining while offering tourists a unique glimpse into ...

The collision happened on the road between the two Bolivian cities of Uyuni and Colchani when one of the buses swerved into the oncoming lane and smashed into the other on Saturday morning.

The crash comes just days after 37 people died and 40 were injured after two buses collided on a road that connects the western Bolivian cities of Colchani and Uyuni. A preliminary report ...

At least 37 people have died and 30 left injured after two passenger buses collided in Bolivia, police said. The crash happened early on Saturday about 5km (3 miles) from the south-western city of ...

What’s certain is that Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old Chasidic Jew from New York, is in a state of limbo, sitting in a jail in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz waiting to be tried or released on ...

Much of the mining takes place in the nearby red "Cerro Rico" (literally, "Rich Mountain" in English), which was given its name due to the enormous wealth it formerly gave to the Bolivian city.