LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 28 (UPI) -- Bolivia will begin auditing foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country and will increase taxes on the operations.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 23 (UPI) -- Bolivian opposition leader Evo Morales is reportedly organizing a new campaign for the presidency.

ASUNCION, Paraguay, June 20 (UPI) -- South American leaders from the Mercosur trade bloc expressed their support Monday for the new Bolivian leader who recently came to power.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 15 (UPI) -- New Bolivian President Eduardo Rodriguez has named a new Cabinet and reasserted his promise to have elections before 2006.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 13 (UPI) -- Former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada said that the presence of Colombian narcotraffickers in Bolivia was contributing to the nation's troubles.

CARACAS, Venezuela, June 13 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blamed the Bush administration for weeks of widespread protests in Bolivia.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 12 (UPI) -- Bolivia's president met with opposition leaders Sunday in an effort to diffuse tensions and avoid further protests that crippled the country for weeks.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 12 (UPI) -- Fuel and food moved freely into the Bolivian capital for the first time in weeks Sunday after protesters lifted the last of the roadblocks.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 10 (UPI) -- Bolivian protesters took to the streets one more time Friday after holding the capital under siege for several weeks