Bolivia's president appoints women to half of Cabinet postsAfter reinventing Bolivia's government to reflect the country's multi-ethnic, Indian majority, President Evo Morales is championing gender parity at the highest levels of government. Women now account for half of Bolivia's Cabinet ministers — 10 out of 20 — as ...

Bolivian president decrees 2nd holiday celebrating nation's foundingBolivians can now celebrate their country's founding twice a year. President Evo Morales has decreed Jan. 22 a national holiday. That's the date last week when he announced the end of colonialism and the emergence of an ethnically inclusive republic ...

In Bolivia, Morales starts 2nd term by declaring colonialism deadEvo Morales has begun a second term as Bolivia's president by declaring colonialism dead in the Andean nation. The Aymara Indian was sworn in wearing a sash on which traditional national figures were replaced by two 19th-century heroes of indigenous ...