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Montevideo, August 26th 2026 - 05:18 UTC

Tag: Bolivia

  • Monday, August 24th 2026 - 21:26 UTC

    Milei links Lula to the case of the Argentine former adviser detained in Bolivia

    The remarks come during the worst diplomatic crisis between the two countries since the return to democracy

    Argentine President Javier Milei has attributed the criminal case against his former adviser Fernando Cerimedo, detained in Bolivia over an attempted femicide, to a regional plot in which he included Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former Bolivian president Evo Morales and Argentine lawmaker Marcela Pagano. He offered no evidence to support the claim.

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  • Monday, August 24th 2026 - 06:53 UTC

    Two newly detained men testify in the case over the shooting of the Bolivian lawyer

    Beller was shot three times on August 10 outside a hotel in Santa Cruz and spent five days in hospital

    Two men held as part of the investigation into the shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller gave statements to prosecutors in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Sunday. One is accused of supplying the weapon used in the ambush; the other, a Colombian national identified as a possible gunman, turned himself in after learning he was being sought.

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  • Friday, August 21st 2026 - 10:10 UTC

    Bolivian prosecutors open a second case against the consultant who advised Milei and Paz

    Cerimedo co-founded the website La Derecha Diario and took part in the digital strategy of Javier Milei's 2023 presidential campaign

    Prosecutors in La Paz have opened an investigation on their own initiative into alleged illicit enrichment by Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo, who was charged this week in Santa Cruz with attempted femicide following the shooting of his former partner, lawyer Nadia Beller.

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  • Wednesday, August 19th 2026 - 09:52 UTC

    An Argentine consultant who advised Milei's campaign detained in Bolivia after a shooting

    The 33-year-old lawyer underwent surgery and survived; none of the rounds struck vital organs. The case is being investigated as attempted femicide

    Bolivian police detained Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo in the early hours of Tuesday at Viru Viru international airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, hours after his former partner, Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller, was shot three times outside a hotel in the city. Cerimedo has not been formally charged and his involvement in the attack, which remains under investigation, has not been established.

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  • Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:44 UTC

    Bolivia records its first same-sex civil marriage after a court ruling

    The couple, Fabiana Banzer and Scarlett Rocha, formally applied for a civil marriage on October 12, 2022

    Bolivia has recorded its first civil marriage between two people of the same sex, held on Friday, August 7, in Santa Cruz, the country's most populous city, following a legal process that lasted three years and ten months.

  • Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 06:37 UTC

    Bolivia issues arrest order against Morales over May and June road blockades

    Morales rejected the accusations, describing them as political persecution and an attempt to divert attention from the country's economic crisis

    The Santa Cruz departmental prosecutor's office issued an arrest order on Wednesday against former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) over his alleged role in the road blockades and protests that paralyzed parts of Bolivia for 53 days in May and June.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2026 - 08:28 UTC

    Mercosur leaders push for a regional security architecture against organized crime

    The security debate unfolded alongside the trade tensions that dominated the summit

    The fight against transnational organized crime emerged as one of the central themes of Mercosur's 68th summit of heads of state, held on Tuesday in the Paraguayan city of Luque, where several leaders called for building a regional security “architecture” with concrete goals and deadlines. The issue ran through the addresses of the bloc's presidents and those of its associated states, at a summit where Paraguay handed over the pro tempore presidency to Uruguay.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:11 UTC

    Bolivia's blockade crisis leaves at least 16 dead as the government calls unions to talks

    The COB presented a list of demands on Tuesday spread across eight areas, among them ensuring the “right to mobilization,” that there be no sanctions against the mobilized sectors

    The crisis caused by more than seven weeks of road blockades in Bolivia, driven by sectors demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, has left at least 16 people dead, as the government called the Bolivian Workers' Center (COB) on Wednesday to a dialogue to seek a way out. By midday, the country's largest union confederation had not confirmed its attendance.

  • Tuesday, June 16th 2026 - 08:07 UTC

    Bolivia's Paz bets on wearing down protests and holds off deploying the army

    The strategy has generated impatience in La Paz, deprived of fuel and food for more than a month, but it has allowed the government to hold out for more than 40 days

    Bolivia's government has opted to wear down the social protests that have shaken the country for about six weeks, rather than resort to a hard line. President Rodrigo Paz promulgated a law regulating states of exception in early June, but has so far not ordered the deployment of the Armed Forces to clear the roads, leaning instead toward exhausting the protesters and dismantling the movements demanding his resignation through the detention or persuasion of their leaders. “The new Bolivia will be built with dialogue, without giving way to violence,” said presidential spokesman José Luis Gálvez.

  • Friday, June 5th 2026 - 22:49 UTC

    Bolivia's blockade crisis reopens a deep racial divide

    In a wealthy La Paz neighborhood, graffiti appeared inciting violence against Indigenous people —“be patriotic, kill an Indian”

    The social conflict in Bolivia has split the country once again. The road blockade led by Indigenous peasants, which has besieged La Paz for more than a month, has brought expressions of racism to the surface in the capital. Worn down by the lack of gasoline and food and by soaring prices, some residents lash out at the protesters —and the hostility runs in both directions.

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