Tag: Bolivia

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  52 cases of covid-19 detected so far at Copa America football tournament in Brazil

  

  Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday reported a total of 52 cases of covid-19 had been detected through testing among delegations taking part in the Copa America football event.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolivia's ex acting president Jeanine Añez denounces she's a “political prisoner”

  

  Bolivia's former acting president Jeanine Añez claimed she was a “political prisoner” in remarks on Twitter on Sunday. Añez has been arrested for over three months following coup allegations by her predecessor and rival Evo Morales.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, “one of the worst in history”

  

  Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal affairs.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Bolivia's economy grows 5.3% in between January and April 2021

  

  Economic activity in Bolivia has grown 5.3% from January to April 2021, according to The Global Index of Economic Activity (IGAE), Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Chile and Bolivia go back to negotiating table in Ecuador

  

  The Governments of Chile and Bolivia and Chile held a new round of talks in Ecuador to advance in the normalization of their bilateral relations, it was reported Monday.

• Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Bolivian Minister lashes out at Chilean senator for comments regarding railroad test

  

  Bolivia's Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, Monday rated Chilean senator José Miguel Insulza's comments urging to resume the test of the La Paz-Arica railroad as “irresponsible.”

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Bolivia suspends train tests to Chile after truckers protests

  

  The tests to reactivate a cargo rail line that connects the Chilean port of Arica (north) with Viacha, Bolivia (southwest), will be suspended, Bolivian authorities announced this Thursday, after several days of roadblocks by truck drivers against the initiative.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bolivia, Mexico agree to lift mutual visa requirement for short stays

  

  The governments of Bolivia and Mexico Monday announced they had agreed to lift the mutual visa requirement for citizens of either country wishing to travel to the other for stays of up to 180 days.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Wealth tax returns twice as much as expected in Bolivia

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday his country's tax bureau had collected twice as much as originally estimated through the “very rich tax.”

• Monday, April 26th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Bolivia's YPFB eyes oil income of US $ 1,900 million for this year

  

  Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) CEO Wilson Zelaya announced the state-run company projected an oil income above 1,900 million US dollars for the year 2021, which would represent a 35% growth compared to 2020.