Aiquile - The Bolivian government said yesterday that the death toll in a powerful earthquake that razed two colonial towns in the centre of the country had risen to 85 and could go higher.
The Defence Minister, Mr Fernando Kieffer, told reporters that 49 bodies had been found in the town of Aiquile, 22 in nearby Totora and 14 in outlying communities as a result of the Friday quake while searches for further victims continued.