Tag: Bolivia

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Argentine national stabbed in Bolivia dies after being denied medical attention

  

  The death of an Argentine national in Bolivia after being denied medical attention has sparked nationalistic anger and calls for retribution measures, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

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• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  End of gas contract between Bolivia and Argentina to be brought forward?

  

  Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Ariel Basteiro Friday said an addendum to the current agreement will bring forward from 2026 to mid-2024 the end of the gas purchase contract between the two countries.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Populist Bolivia running out of natural gas reserves; northern Argentina supply also threatened

  

  Bolivian president Luis Arce, announced on September 1st. that the country’s natural gas reserves have been depleted, and exports to Argentina and Brazil will be interrupted, leaving a massive hole in the economy of the country.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Eight Amazon countries sign Belem Declaration

  

  Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela Tuesday signed the Belém Declaration on the opening day of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the Brazilian State of Pará, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Regional leaders convening in Brazil to prevent rainforest destruction

  

  Leaders from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, which make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) are to convene Tuesday and Wednesday in Belém, the capital of the Brazilian state of Pará to discuss a new development model to put an end to the cycle of destruction that is devastating the largest tropical forest on the planet.

• Monday, August 7th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  YPFB finds new gas reservoir

  

  Bolivian authorities have reported that the state-run oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) had discovered a new gas field in the Okinawa area after recent studies in the Remanso-X1 (RMS-X1) well. The new reservoir will generate approximately US$ 5 billion in gas, it was explained. It will also contribute to savings in fuel purchases of US$1 billion, according to YPFB.

• Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Narcotraficker Sebastián Marset threatens Uruguayan and Bolivian journalists using a Falklands' chip phone

  

  Uruguayan news outlet Telenoche (Canal 4) received a chilling threat signed by the elusive Uruguayan drug lord, Sebastián Marset, who remains a fugitive from justice, as the reporters announced during their Wednesday 5 broadcast. The text, sent via WhatsApp at 10:47 PM on Tuesday, 4th, bore a clear warning: “Hello. If you continue making articles about me, there will be consequences. I am Marset.” Accompanying this chilling statement was a photo featuring 24 Glock pistol magazines arranged meticulously in a box.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolivia announces end of Covid-19 emergency

  

  Bolivia is shifting from a sanitary emergency to an epidemiological alert regarding Covid-19, it was reported Monday in La Paz. “Today Bolivia leaves behind the international sanitary emergency and enters a national epidemiological alert,” President Luis Arce Catacora announced on social networks.

• Thursday, July 27th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Bolivia and Paraguay take steps toward improving bilateral trade

  

  The Bolivian-Paraguayan Chamber and Paraguay's Industry Ministry signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Asunción toward strengthening ties and promoting industry and trade between the two countries, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 26th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Bolivian gas production and exports forecasted to drop dramatically by 2030

  

  Bolivia may shift from being an exporter of natural gas to Brazil and Argentina to becoming an importer by 2030. A report by British energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates that Bolivia’s natural gas production will decline faster than expected. The reason is the aging of the country’s production fields and the absence of new discoveries.