In 2009, the Bolivian government tried to spur the domestic textile industry by raising duties on textile imports to 35 percent and offering small and medium producers low-interest loans.

Matilde Flores haggles with customers about the smartly tailored jackets she's selling at her street stand in central La Paz on a chilly morning.

Bolivian authorities announced Sunday that they would be launching “Operation Recovering the Homeland” after followers of former President Evo Morales seized three military barracks last week ...

This is probably the most touristy part of town, but it's a great place to get information, book tours, buy Bolivian textiles and other souvenirs, and grab a meal.

The United States is landlocked Bolivia's No. 1 trading partner, but while it has favorable trade status for a number of exports, Washington levies tariffs of 16 to 26 percent on Bolivian textiles.

Coca quandary for hard-up Bolivia A clash of interests looms in Bolivia, where the US is keen to see cocaine production stamped out but where the new president is a former coca farmer, the BBC's Becky ...

This year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Matilde Flores haggles with customers about the smartly tailored jackets she’s selling at her street stand in central La Paz on a chilly morning. “The… ...

In 2009, the Bolivian government tried to spur the domestic textile industry by raising duties on textile imports to 35 percent and offering small and medium producers low-interest loans.

Matilde Flores haggles with customers about the smartly tailored jackets she's selling at her street stand in central La Paz on a chilly morning.