MIAMI, May 28 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales is demanding that foreign companies increase their investment in petroleum production or face the possibility of being taken over by the state.

MIAMI, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales faces an uphill battle to keep his nation whole as several eastern provinces, which hold the country's lucrative gas reserves, are balking at his constitutional reform proposals.

UPI almanac for Saturday, June 9, 2007.

Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2006 with 205 to follow.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- There is a fear violence could return to the Chapare region of Bolivia, where a one-year government agreement to allow some coca growing is about to expire.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department is looking for ways to better protect and arm the Bolivian military and police by providing them with riot gear.

UNITED NATIONS, July 8 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "greatly encouraged" by the Bolivian Parliament's decision to have elections in December.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 7 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Eduardo Rodriguez has set a date for presidential elections at the end of the year.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 5 (UPI) -- Bolivian lawmakers approved Tuesday a constitutional reform calling for elections in early December, some nine months ahead of schedule.