Tag: Bolivia

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru takes over CAN's pro tempore presidency

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday welcomed his colleagues from Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Luis Arce for the Council of the Andean Community (CAN) summit in Lima.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Bolivia: Theft of Evo's cell phone prompts large-scale police deployment

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales had his cell phone stolen during the weekend, which prompted a full-scale operation to retrieve the device, it was reported Sunday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  11-yr-old girl among confirmed cases of monkeypox in Bolivia

  

  Bolivian health authorities Wednesday announced that an 11-year-old girl in the department of Cochabamba was among the 49 confirmed cases in the country of monkeypox, a malady that usually affects male adults.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 21:13 UTC

  Mexican FM lands in Bolivia on key tour regarding lithium production

  

  Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard landed in Bolivia Thursday to take part in a series of events and hold meetings with local authorities, as part of his tour to foster a joint strategy to exploit lithium resources

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Bolivian railroad seeks to boost region's global trade capabilities

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Wednesday highlighted his country's Bioceanic Integration Railway Corridor (CFBI), which seeks to link the Brazilian port of Santos with Ilo in Peru to further develop the region's trade capabilities.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Argentines dump their currency in northern provinces and trade with Bolivian money

  

  With the Argentine economy in shambles, inflation out of control heading for hyper inflation, daily increases of prices, and new clamps to have access to some strong currency, --such as the US dollar, which Argentines love--, along the provincial border towns, particularly with neighboring Bolivia and Paraguay trade is done mostly with Pesos, but Bolivianos.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Cocaine production in Bolivia “stable,” US agency reports

  

  The United States' Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Thursday published a report thoroughly describing crops and distribution activities in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Evo says Argentine motorbiker was not denied medical help

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Tuesday said over lunch at Casa Rosada with President Alberto Fernández that the retired Salta teacher who died after a motorcycling accident near Santa Cruz de la Sierra had received all possible medical care, thus contradicting statements from his family and friends.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina to file protest against Bolivia for motorbiker's death

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Monday announced it will seek an explanation from Bolivian authorities regarding the death of the 61-year-old retired teacher from the province of Salta who was allegedly denied medical care after a motorcycle accident for being unable to afford it in Bolivian currency.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Argentine man reportedly left to die for lacking Bolivian money

  

  An Argentine man from Salta was allegedly left to die by Bolivian doctors after he could not afford his medical bills in local currency and was told that “your money is of no use to us,” according to Argentine media.