Performers during Bolivian Carnival The Bolivian government says 70 people have died, most of them in road accidents, during carnival festivities in the Andean country. Interior Minister Carlos Romero said on Wednesday that police reported 70 deaths, including 37 in traffic accidents, AFP reported. That toll did not include another five people killed in an incident where an overloaded footbridge collapsed... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized (stole) a Spanish company that operates the country’s three main airports. Morales said on Monday he had instructed the country’s ministry of public works, services and housing to take “full operational control” of SABSA, a joint venture of Spanish Abertis and airport authority Aena. He also ordered the military... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized a Spanish power company and ordered its seizure. On Tuesday, Morales issued the order nationalizing Transportadora de Electricidad SA (TDE), which is a subsidiary of the Spanish group Red Electrica Corporacion, AFP reported. Bolivia will now take control of 99.94 percent of the company. The company, which was privatized...