Bolivia

Why Bolivian hunter-gatherers have the healthiest arteries

She was, it turned out, a 3,500-year-old Egyptian princess, her mummified skin leathery brown, her coffin over 10 feet long and lavishly carved.

But when researchers slid Princess Ahmose Meryet-Amon’s body into a CT scanner, they found, at least in one respect, she was not so different from some 92 million un-royal Americans: Her arteries were hardened and blocked by plaque. The researchers also examined the shriveled blood vessels of over 100 other mummies from Egypt, Peru, the American Southwest, and the Aleutian Islands — and found similar signs of cardiovascular disease.

Chapecoense plane crash: Bolivia arrests LaMia airline boss

Gustavo Vargas, a retired air force general, has been detained as part of an investigation into the crash.

The plane, operated by the tiny LaMia airline, was taking the team to Colombia when it ran out of fuel.

A Bolivian official says she warned the pilot of the problem before departure.

The official, Celia Castedo, has now sought asylum in Brazil, saying she suffered threats and abuse.

Chapecoense were travelling to the city of Medellin to play the first leg of the Sudamericana Cup final against Atletico Nacional.

VIDEO: Striking miners clash with police

Miners' leaders from the city of Potosi, 420 kilometres (260 miles) south of La Paz, walked out of a meeting at the Ministry of Interior where their demands for a new airport, hospital and cement factory were being discussed.

The protesters have turned down an offer by Bolivian President Evo Morales to meet with his ministers, instead demanding direct talks with the president.

VIDEO: People watch pope visiting prison

Francis' final event before leaving for Paraguay brought him up close to the reality of the continent's most ostracised and vulnerable.

Bolivia has a notoriously corrupt judiciary, with some 1,000 judges and 300 prosecutors under investigation or on trial for corruption.

Palmasola is the most notorious of Bolivia's 32 prisons, built to detain some 800 people but housing 5,000, more than four in five still awaiting trial.