The 64-kilometer Yungas Road, which connects La Paz to the Amazon rainforest region, has an average of 209 accidents and 96 deaths annually. — Read the rest The post Bolivia's Death Road: why ...

In Bolivia, the infamous “Death Road” has become a haven for life. Once the only route north from La Paz, the narrow and treacherous old road to the Yungas claimed an average of 300 lives per ...

The route was once a key road frequented by heavy trucks connecting Bolivia's capital La Paz to the country's Amazon rainforest. But its deadliness earned it the nickame the 'Death Road.' Between ...

A route in Bolivia known as "death road" has become a haven for wildlife, after an alternate route linking Bolivia's biggest city La Paz to the Amazon was opened in 2007- massively reducing most ...

Tyranny was repaid with death. At the end of 96 hours of bloody fighting, the body of President Gualberto Villarroel last week hung from a "lamp post in La Paz's handsome Plaza Murillo.

Bolivian shopkeeper Cristobal Quispe's humble brick home teeters precariously on the slope of an unstable hillside in La Paz, near the edge of a collapsed road.

Learn how Bolivia's “Death Road” took on a second life as a haven for wildlife, including vulnerable and endangered species.

A competitor runs during the Bolivia Sky Race on the “Death Road” from Yolosa to Chuspipata, near La Paz, Bolivia, July 29, 2018. REUTERS FILE PHOTO ...

Bolivia's decision to open an alternate route to its historic 'Death Road' - a serpentine dirt path across the towering Andes hills known for its deadly cliffs - has led to a resurgence of ...