Tag: Bolivia

• 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.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Evo Morales supports Vladimir Putin and calls for mobilization against NATO

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Monday posted on Twitter he supported Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. He also pointed out that military supremacy in the hands of the United States was a threat to world peace.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Bolivian top-secret dossier shows NATO's expansion into South America

  

  A newspaper report released Monday by Buenos Aires' daily Página 12 explained how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has expanded its influence over South America. The news outlet said the document which proved their story was “top secret.”

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Chile to build longer ditch along Bolivian border

  

  Less than a week before the end of President Sebastián Piñera's term, Chile's government has announced plans to build a long ditch on the border with Bolivia as a measure to control the migration crisis stemming from the illegal arrival of people.