La Paz - At least 47 people died Tuesday when a truck fell down a 180-metre ravine near the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, 480 kilometres south of La Paz, Bolivian road police said.

La Paz  - At least 30 people died Tuesday in a traffic accident near the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, 480 kilometres south of La Paz, Bolivian road police said.

A truck carrying some 50 people fell down a 180-metre ravine, the Erbol radio network reported. Thirty of the passengers died and the remaining 20 were severely injured, the radio said citing eyewitnesses.

The accident happened near the town of Yocalla, 51 kilometros north-east of Bolivia's mining city Potosi. The truck was taking people from Potosi to a rural place in the same province and crashed in an area where the winding road is flanked by 180-250-metre deep ravines.

La Paz - Residents of the Tarija province in southern Bolivia favoured more autonomy by a large majority Sunday in a non- binding referendum that Bolivian President Evo Morales considers illegal.

La Paz  - Two referendums considered illegal by Bolivian President Evo Morales delivered very strong majorities Sunday in favour of more independence for the provinces of Beni and Pando, according

La Paz  - At least 17 people died, three remained missing and 15 were injured as a bus crashed in Bolivia in the early hours of Sunday, the country's highway patrol confirmed.

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