The vast salt plains and eerie beauty of south-western Bolivia are a transporting experience, writes Derek Cheng.

There were no locked doors, no guards, no security cameras. There was barely even a doorway.

US universities want legal protection before returning specimens to Amazonian villagers.

Kate Chapman takes on the old route between Bolivia's capital La Paz and the popular weekend getaway of Coroico.

Cocaine smugglers are literally turning the drug into innocent-looking plasticware and candles - the latest trick to fool customs officers.