Women perform in the traditional "Inca" dance during Carnival, in Oruro, Bolivia, Saturday, March 2, 2019. The unique festival features spectacular folk dances, extravagant costumes, beautiful crafts, ...

ORURO, Bolivia (Reuters) - In a Bolivian Carnival tradition, dozens of howling-drunk miners cut the hearts from four trussed-up llamas in a dark mine tunnel lit by a bonfire, accompanied by the ...

See special Global Voices coverage on how women fight gender violence in Latin America. Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world’s countries to shut down, colors exploded in bright arrays and ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Police say eight people have now died from the explosion of a gas canister at a Bolivian Carnival parade, and the toll of injured has risen to at least 40. Police commandant Romel ...

Carnival festivities in Bolivia left 70 people dead, most of them in road accidents but at least 15 in acts of violence, the government said Wednesday. Four days of partying at the carnival, an annual ...

Tens of thousands of tourists, and 20,000 musicians and dancers participate every year at the colorful four day carnival in Bolivians mountain city of Oruro. Tens of thousands of tourists, and 20,000 ...

High in the mountains of Bolivia, far above sea level where the air feels thinner and the sky seems almost close enough to touch, lies a city unlike any other: Oruro. At first glance, it may look ...

Archbishop Tito Solari of Cochabamba in Bolivia has called on the faithful to avoid excessive Carnival celebrations this week. In a message to the faithful in his country, he asked Bolivians to avoid ...