Israel evacuated its citizens from Bolivia. Two dozen Israeli trekkers were airlifted out of the strife-torn South American country Tuesday morning to Peru, en route to Tel Aviv. Within hours, the Foreign Ministry arranged for the evacuation of another 150 Israelis marooned at a hotel in La Paz.
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