Tag: Bolivia

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Peru's Parliament falls short of declaring Evo Morales persona non grata

  

  Peruvian Congress turns down motion to declare Evo Morales “persona non grata”

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  IACHR reports summary executions in Bolivia 2019 uprising

  

  A report released Tuesday by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) investigation group showed “summary executions” were carried out in Bolivia during the 2019 uprising which resulted in President Evo Morales' resignation.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation

  

  Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:04 UTC

  Bolivia no longer needs Sputnik V and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Bolivian authorities Monday announced that with the last purchase of COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccines, the country was fully supplied with immunizers and would no longer need to import any more doses of Sputnik V and AstraZeneca despite contracts already signed.

• Friday, August 13th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  IACH rules presidential reelection not a human right, Bolivia's Constitutional Court had found otherwise

  

  The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) Thursday ruled that indefinite presidential re-election is not protected by the American Convention, thus shattering the rationale behind Evo Morales' candidacy despite a negative referendum.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:37 UTC

  Another court case and six more months of jail for ex interim Bolivian president

  

  Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Añez will have to spend at least a whole year in jail since a Judge this week extended her preventive imprisonment for another six months when she is about to complete her first half-year of reclusion in a La Paz detention center.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

  

  Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolivian Government files charges against former military, police chiefs and Argentine ambassador

  

  The Government of Bolivia Monday announced charges were to be filed against former police and military chiefs as well as a former Argentine ambassador for the shipment of arms which resulted in the toppling of Evo Morales from power in 2019.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Argentina and Bolivia have bills in Parliament to boost transitioning to e-cars

  

  Just as the European Commission sent a bill last week to the European Parliament regarding electric vehicles, the Governments of Argentina and Bolivia are also taking similar paths.

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Charges filed against former Argentine President Macri for helping overthrow Evo in Bolivia

  

  Argentine prosecutors have agreed to file charges against former President Mauricio Macri and several senior officials for allegedly supporting the overthrowing of Evo Morales in November 2019.