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Bolivia: An otherworldly wander
The vast salt plains and eerie beauty of south-western Bolivia are a transporting experience, writes Derek Cheng.
Bolivia: Boning up on history
There were no locked doors, no guards, no security cameras. There was barely even a doorway.
'World's finest opera house' reopens after four years
The Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is reputed to have the world's finest acoustics.
Tribe wins fight to have blood samples returned
US universities want legal protection before returning specimens to Amazonian villagers.
Bolivia: Riding the Death Road
Kate Chapman takes on the old route between Bolivia's capital La Paz and the popular weekend getaway of Coroico.
Is that a candle - or a consignment of cocaine?
Cocaine smugglers are literally turning the drug into innocent-looking plasticware and candles - the latest trick to fool customs officers.
NZ ranked fourth in global economic freedom rankings
NZ is the fourth most economically free country in the world according to a US think tank and the Wall Street Journal.
Ecuador: The scaly symbol of a city
Guayaquil, Ecuador's biggest city, makes artistic use of public space, writes Jim Eagles.