Oruro

One bus was travelling to the western city of Oruro, where Oruro Carnival - one of Latin America's largest festivals - was taking place.

The accident happened between the cities of Potosi and Oruro, police said.

Australia and Chile are the world's biggest lithium producers, but Bolivia has huge reserves in the Potosi and Oruro salt flats.

And in Oruro, Bolivia, the Diablada de Oruro dance — a fixture of the Andes for hundreds of years — is back after a one-year hiatus.

In the department of Oruro, dairy farmer Demetrio Martínez said his family business lost two cows this year from drought after losing a total of six in 2019 and 2020.