Tag: Bolivia

• Monday, February 1st 2021 - 08:24 UTC

  Bolivia will be among the first to benefit from WHO's Covax vaccine program

  

  The United Nations mission in Bolivia celebrated the fact that this country will be one of the first to receive vaccines from the multilateral Covax system, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to guarantee access to these drugs in the world's poorest countries.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:23 UTC

  Bolivia announces new biodiesel production plan

  

  Bolivia will build ecological diesel and biodiesel plants to reduce imports of liquid fuels, Hydrocarbon and Energy Minister Franklin Molina announced over this past weekend.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Bolivian glacier disappearing and the capital La Paz running out of water

  

  Bolivia's Tuni glacier is disappearing faster than initially anticipated, according to scientists in the Andean nation, a predicament that will likely make worse water shortages already plaguing the capital La Paz, just 60 km away.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur

  

  Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Falklands/Malvinas claim and trade accords and negotiations with other countries.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  China claims it found coronavirus on beef and tripe from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand

  

  The eastern Chinese city of Jinan said it has found the new coronavirus on beef and tripe, and on packaging for these products from Brazil, New Zealand and Bolivia as China ramps up testing on frozen foods.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  New Bolivian government reestablishes diplomatic ties with Venezuela and Iran

  

  Bolivia's new president, Luis Arce, has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela, receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday, just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Bolivian president takes office promising to rebuild the country in unity and peace

  

  Luis Arce was sworn in as Bolivia’s new president on Sunday, bringing to a close a turbulent period characterized by political and social turmoil after former president Evo Morales left the government in November following a disputed election.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Syncretism celebration in Bolivia on the Day of the Skulls

  

  Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead.

• Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivia's miracle architect now faces the challenge of scarce funds and managing austerity

  

  Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the political spectrum as a young teenager in La Paz, when he picked up the writings of philosopher Karl Marx.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Conservatives in Bolivia protest against the inauguration of president elect Arce

  

  Conservative opponents of Bolivia's center-left president-elect Luis Arce have announced a two-day strike from Thursday protesting alleged electoral fraud. The strike is taking place across the eastern department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic hub as well as home to its biggest city.