Bolivia

LA PAZ, Bolivia - An animal rights group says four lion cubs freed under Bolivia's circus-animal ban are flying to California, where television personality Bob Barker has helped fund their retirement.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - The 1969 movie classic "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" ends with neither of the famous outlaws appearing to survive a 1908 shootout with Bolivian soldiers.

LA PAZ - Jorge Ramirez seemed like an amiable technician-turned cab owner who might be meeting an Indian for the first time in his life.

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's leftist government has seized another big ranch from a top opposition figure.

LIMA, Peru - A beauty pageant has set off a beastly battle between Peru and Bolivia, which both claim ownership of the Andean "Devil's Dance." The Peruvian contender for Miss Universe, Karen Schwarz, set off the feud when she donned a wildly ornate dress, boots and cape - accompanied by a multicolored, horned headpiece - as a symbol of the dance allegedly native to her country.