Tag: Bolivia

• Wednesday, July 10th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

  Meeting between Lula and Arce signals new era of bilateral ties

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora during their encounter in Santa Cruz de la Sierra that “there is no individual way out in South America,” Agencia Brasil reported. Both leaders agreed that the bilateral meeting spelled the beginning of a “new era” in bilateral ties now that Bolivia is a full member of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). It was Lula's first trip to Bolivia during his third term in office while Arce has been to Brazil four times in the past 12 months.

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 19:16 UTC

  Lula visit announced to Mercosur's newest full member Bolivia

  

  Bolivia's Deputy Communications Minister Gabriela Alcón announced Friday that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would be arriving in Santa Cruz de la Sierra next Monday for meetings with local authorities and businessmen. It will be the first visit of a foreign head of state since Bolivia's full Southern Common Market membership President Luis Arce Catacora signed into law this week.

• Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 21:59 UTC

  Bolivia's Senate passes Mercosur accession bill

  

  Bolivia's Senate passed late Wednesday the landlocked country's full Southern Common Market (Mercosur) membership which is thus up for President Luis Arce Catacora to be signed into law. The Lower House approved the initiative on June 14, which would give the head of state to participate in the July 8 Summit in Asunción from a new perspective.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolivia recalls ambassador from Buenos Aires

  

  The Bolivian Government Tuesday summoned its ambassador from Buenos Aires for consultations following Casa Rosada's allegations that the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz was staged by President Luis Arce Catacora to improve his dwindling public image.

• Monday, July 1st 2024 - 18:20 UTC

  Bolivia says BA's remarks regarding coup were “unfriendly and reckless”

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Monday said that comments from the Office of Argentine President Javier Milei on the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz were “unfriendly” and “reckless.” Casa Rosada had contended that the military uprising had been staged and therefore calling it a revolt was a “false denunciation.”

• Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolivian President denies self-coup allegations

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora asked former head of state Evo Morales Ayma not to be gullible enough to believe the self-coup narrative allegedly promoted by fascist rightwing groups and insisted that what happened on June 26 was a failed attempt to overthrow him by force.

• Friday, June 28th 2024 - 19:13 UTC

  Bolivian authorities arrest 21 in connection with failed coup

  

  A total of 21 people both military or civilians have been arrested so far in connection with Wednesday's failed coup d'état against the administration of President Luis Arce Catacora, Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo confirmed Friday in La Paz. “So far there is a total of 21 people apprehended in the case called failed coup d'état,” the official said.

• Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 22:37 UTC

  OAS unanimously condemns military revolt in Bolivia

  

  The Organization of American States' General Assembly in session at Asunción, Paraguay, Thursday passed a “strong condemnation” of the attempted coup d'état in Bolivia the day before. The continental body dubbed Wednesday's events in La Paz a “threat to the constitutional regime.” It was also “a flagrant insubordination to the orders publicly expressed by the constitutional president Luis Arce Catacora,” the delegates concurred unanimously.

• Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 19:54 UTC

  Bolivian President thanks the support he received during the military uprising

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora thanked his fellow countrymen and the international community for their support Wednesday during the military uprising that was eventually quashed with the arrest of General Juan José Zúñiga and the other rebel leaders and officers.

• Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 09:20 UTC

  OAS General Assembly opening ceremony focuses on Bolivian crisis

  

  As all attendees were focused on the ongoing crisis unfolding in Bolivia, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña opened the Organization of American States (OAS) 54th General Assembly in Asunción by highlighting that democracy was the way to fight transnational crime, drug trafficking, and terrorism.