Bolivia has some of the world's largest known deposits of lithium, but so far the unrest has not affected those operations. The mines that have been shut down are owned by Sumitomo Corp of Japan.

WASHINGTON— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting two curassows from Bolivia and Peru under the Endangered Species Act.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that two curassows from Bolivia and Peru will be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Both bird species are threatened ...