The sun is strong on my cheeks, and bright, even against my shut eyelids. I’ve been instructed to be patient and to keep my eyes closed, and to trust that my guide, Israel Villarroel, wouldn’t lead me ...

The newly tapped natural resource is pulling large income for the country. Near the crest of the Andes mountain range in Bolivia lies the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world. The ...

On Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Quispe is watching from the sidelines a global resource race for the world's largest - and almost untapped - ...

SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia — On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, an 11-year-old boy has become a photography success taking quirky and creative pictures of tourists — with a ...

During the rainy season, the flats are submerged in 6 to 20 inches of perfectly still water, turning the shallow lake into the world’s largest mirror. In the dry season, when Wu visited, the salt ...

At the south end of the Altiplano plateu in the central Andes, lies Bolivia's Salar de Uynui, captured here in an image from the European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite on May 17. At ...

Bagley started working for The Tribune shortly after graduation and has published more than 6,000 cartoons for the ...