Tag: Bolivia

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

  

  The United States' Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Evo wants a new political revolution in Bolivia while his party wants his aides gone

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who many from within his own Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) believe is still running the country from the shadows, Sunday called for a second “democratic and cultural revolution” and proposed some laws and even the Constitution are changed.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolivian VP bows to pressure, agrees to take a COVID-19 vaccine

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca finally agreed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite ratifying that taking the jab in voluntary in Bolivia and that he has already overcome the disease.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 20:37 UTC

  Unvaccinated Bolivian VP does not intend to take the treatment

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca has not taken any COVID-19 vaccine and said he did not intend to either, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Sanitary emergency declared in Bolivia as covid-19 cases soar

  

  The Government of Bolivia Wednesday declared a nationwide sanitary emergency due to an increase in the number of covid-19 cases, Health Minister Jeyson Auza announced.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 20:16 UTC

  Andean Community lifts roaming charges as of Jan. 1

  

  Roaming charges for cell phone communications is about to become a thing of the past for countries of The Andean Community (CAN - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Effective Jan. 1, 2022, and thanks to the joint work of its member countries and the institutional strength that it has had for more than 52 years, the citizens of the CAN will not have to pay any additional surcharge for post-paid international roaming and will be able to be more and better communicated.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Bolivia receives the donation of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

  

  A shipment of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Bolivia Sunday. The batch of the Sinopharm drug is China's largest donation ever to the South American country and will be used particularly on children aged between 5 and 11 years old.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 11:29 UTC

  Áñez's daughter seeks help from Bachelet regarding her mother's arrest

  

  Carolina Ribera, daughter of Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Áñez, Tuesday sought assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, to help put an end to the “torture” her mother is allegedly enduring while incarcerated pending trial.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Bolivian lorry drivers stranded in the middle of the Andes with Covid-19 and snow

  

  Scores of Bolivian lorry drivers and their vehicles were reported Monday to be stranded on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado after at least 200 of them tested positive for COVID-19. They claim they had departed with negative PCR tests from 72 hours before the beginning of their journeys. The border crossing now is closed and snow is falling.