Tag: Bolivia

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Gas deal between Bolivia and Argentina signed

  

  The Government of Argentina Thursday announced a new understanding with Bolivia to secure a daily gas supply of 14 million cubic meters and a commitment so that, in the future, Argentina will have priority to import any surplus in output.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Gas supply deal with Bolivia almost closed, Argentine officials say

  

  Pending Brazil's approval, Argentina has announced it had agreed to purchase additional gas from Bolivia to meet wintertime demand, Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) announced Tuesday, according to press reports in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivia and Argentina postpone decision on gas supply contract

  

  Bolivia's Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) agreed to postpone the decision on a sixth addendum to the contract for the supply of natural gas for yet another month, according to a YPFB statement relesed Friday. Negotiations had been previously extended for two months, which ended on March 31.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Gas: Bolivia advised to renegotiate with Brazil and sell more to Argentina

  

  While the Bolivian state-run YPFB is yet to report on any progress regarding payment conditions with Brazil for gas sales or the signing of the sixth addendum to the export contract with Argentina, hydrocarbon analysts have insisted on the need to roundup these negotiations given the current situation stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Peruvian court to rule on habeas corpus requested by Castillo in 10 days

  

  A Peruvian Court Friday started weighing the habeas corpus writ requested by President Pedro Castillo Terrones in a move to quash charges of treason filed against him after he admitted granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean was possible.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Peruvian President claims his innocence before Congress

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Tuesday denied his alleged involvement in acts of corruption and denounced opposition politicians for their campaign to remove him from office.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Boric would like Chile to resume full ties with Bolivia

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday urged his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora to resume diplomatic ties, which were severed in the 1970s.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia, Peru discuss bilateral issues while in Chile

  

  The Presidents of Peru -Pedro Castillo Terrones- and Bolivia -Luis Arce Catacora- held a private meeting in Santigo de Chile on the sides of Gabriel Boric Font's inauguration to discuss the possibility of supplying Peru with LPG, among other issues.

• Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Mercury's effects on Bolivian indigenous peoples to be exposed before IACHR

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is to be briefed on the effects of mercury contamination on indigenous peoples of Bolivia as a direct result of intensive mining, it was announced Friday.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 20:01 UTC

  Man who killed Che dies aged 80

  

  Retired Bolivian Army non-commissioned officer Mario Terán Salazar dies Thursday, aged 80. Terán rose to worldwide notoriety for being the man who killed Argentine doctor turned Cuban guerrilla leader Ernesto “Che” Guevara in 1967.