Tag: Bolivia

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolivia finds new oil well, President Arce announces

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Monday announced the discovery of the YOPE-X1 hydrocarbon well in the municipality of Yapacani, in the department of Santa Cruz, it was reported.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombia to endorse Bolivia's bid to remove coca from list of banned substances

  

  The Colombian government of leftwing President Gustavo Petro announced it will endorse Bolivia's request before the United Nations (UN) for the declassification of the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, it was reported.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Emergency in Brazil as avian flu outbreak reported in neighboring Bolivia; poultry exports total US$ 9,7billion

  

  After two decades, the highly pathogenic (when almost all infected animals show symptoms of the disease) avian flu has become a real threat to Brazilian flocks and production. Nine countries in Central and South America have confirmed 75 outbreaks of the disease in recent months and have already had to sacrifice 1.2 million birds.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Fears Bolivia could run out of gas in a few years because of lack of investments

  

  The Bolivian government has rejected predictions that the country will cease to be an exporter of natural gas and become a net importer by 2030. The government has said it has plans to invest some US$ 325 million in exploration and extraction in new wells by the country's hydrocarbons company, YPFB, Yacimientos Petroliferos Federales de Bolivia.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Lake Titicaca downspout reaching historical levels

  

  Bolivian authorities Tuesday reported that due to poor rainfalls, the water levels of Lake Titicaca, on the border with Peru in the middle of the Andes, had dropped 97 centimeters.

• 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.