The "pollera," a bell skirt with layered petticoats, is the traditional dress of Indigenous women in Bolivia's highlands.

(LA PAZ, Bolivia) — Polonia Ana Choque Silvestre, better known by her stage name of Carmen Rosa, was one of Bolivia’s first female wrestlers. At 49, she is a grandmother and unlike many scantily clad ...

Erika Andia, director of the theater group Kory Warmis or Women of Gold, performs holding a prop representing a newborn baby in the play "Kusisita," at the Municipal Theater, in La Paz, Bolivia. AP LA ...

LA PAZ, June 3 (Reuters) - Lucrecia Huayhua has survived domestic violence for most of her life. Now, with other indigenous Aymara women in Bolivia’s highlands, she is taking things into her own hands ...

EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet ...

La Paz, Dec 30 (EFE).La Paz, Dec 30 (EFE). — Gen. Gina Reque Teran was sworn in on Wednesday as head of the Bolivian armed forces general staff, becoming the first woman to hold that post. President ...

Julia Flores is considered the oldest person in Bolivia and likely in the world. Age is just a number –- in this case, a really big number. The town of Sacaba, Bolivia had a lot to celebrate when its ...

EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days, it’s the sound of melted water running beneath their feet ...

Dressed in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women -- known as the Cholita climbers -- have been climbing the mountain range for the past eight years, working as tourist ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — When they first ...