Tag: Bolivia

• Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  IACHR team rounds up Bolivian assignment

  

  An Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) team rounded up its mission in Bolivia on Friday after being told that the government abode by its recommendations issued after the political crisis of 2019. The visiting delegation also collected testimony from the victims claiming otherwise.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 18:51 UTC

  Evo says Argentina supports Bolivia co-hosting 2030 football World Cup

  

  President Alberto Fernández told Evo Morales that the country currently holding the football World Cup will support Bolivia's bid to co-host the 2030 finals together with Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

• Monday, January 9th 2023 - 21:01 UTC

  Evo Morales banned from entering Peru for persistent meddling in local issues

  

  Peruvian authorities have banned former Bolivian President Evo Morales from entering the country due to his persistent meddling in internal affairs, it was reported Monday in Lima.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

  IACHR steps in on behalf of arrested Bolivian governor

  

  The Government of Bolivia Friday said that every requirement regarding the health of imprisoned Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho had been met and that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will be briefed on this issue in due time.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Bolivian opposition leader arrested in blitz operative and sent to La Paz

  

  The Bolivian police arrested the prominent opposition leader and governor of the Santa Cruz region, Luis Fernando Camacho. Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo confirmed on Wednesday Camacho's detention on Twitter and said he would release more information later.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Bolivian gov't signs Census Bill into law

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has signed into law the bill regarding the national census, which had sparked a 36-day strike in the province of Santa Cruz, where most of the country's rightwing population opposing the Socialist government lives.

• Friday, December 2nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Dispute between Chile and Bolivia over Silala settled by ICJ ruling

  

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Thursday announced a ruling validating Chile's claim that the Silala River is an international waterway and calling both parties to cooperate in the preservation of the natural resources in the area.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 22:15 UTC

  Tension escalates in Bolivian department of Cochabamba

  

  Bolivia's National 2023 Census Committee gave President Luis Arce Catacora's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) 48 hours to pull the party's strike forces from Cochabamba, or else radical pressure measures will be adopted.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolivia in conflict with the country's richest province over shared resources

  

  “To safeguard food security, exports of soybeans, sugar, soy oil, and beef are temporarily suspended,” according to an official announcement from Bolivia’s Minister of Productive Development, Néstor Huanca.

• Friday, October 21st 2022 - 20:45 UTC

  “Lithium ABC countries” working on common pricing policies

  

  South America's “ABC” lithium-producing countries Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are considering joint policies to set the sale price of the mineral, Télam reported Thursday.