Tag: Bolivia

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Morales planning to return to Bolivia following on Arce's 20-point margin victory

  

  Exiled former president Evo Morales on Monday signaled his intention to return to Bolivia after his leftist heir Luis Arce's sweeping presidential election victory. Arce, a former economy minister under Morales, claimed victory in Sunday's election after exit polls suggested a crushing triumph over centrist rival Carlos Mesa.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Privatization policy in Bolivia divides the cabinet and triggers several ministerial resignations

  

  Internal splits in Bolivia’s interim government led to the departure of the country’s economy minister and two other cabinet ministers Monday, stoking uncertainty about the Andean country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

• Tuesday, August 11th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Bolivia's military and police called on political leaders to dialogue and lift blockades

  

  Bolivia's top military and police chiefs on Monday called on political leaders to hold a dialogue to ease tensions and lift a week-long blockade over postponed elections.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Mobilizations” anticipated in Bolivia as election date was pushed back to October

  

  Bolivia's general election will be pushed back until October 18 as the coronavirus pandemic grips the South American nation, which is forecasted to fan tensions between the interim conservative government and the socialist party of former President Evo Morales.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:33 UTC

  Bolivian president and at least seven cabinet ministers and lawmakers tested positive for coronavirus

  

  Bolivia's government has been rocked by the novel coronavirus, with the president and at least seven of her Cabinet ministers testing positive, straining the interim leadership and casting a shadow over a slated election rerun in under two months.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez tested positive for Covid-19

  

  Bolivia’s President Jeanine Anez said on Thursday she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus Anez said in a tweet she was “well” and continuing to work while in isolation. “Together, we will come out of this,” she said.

• Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 10:01 UTC

  Bolivian health minister and IDB officials involved in corrupt purchase of ventilators

  

  Bolivia's interim president, Jeanine Anez, on Wednesday fired Health Minister Marcelo Navajas for his alleged role in a kickback scheme involving the purchase of 170 Spanish-made ventilators at inflated prices for COVID-19 patients.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:02 UTC

  Marked increase of forest fires in Bolivia, claim environmentalists

  

  Environmentalists in Bolivia warned of a marked increase in forest fires this year that threatens a repeat of the environmental disaster that ravaged much of the Amazon in 2019.
  Bolivia registered 15,354 forest fires in the first four months of the year - a 35% increase on the same period last year, the Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) said.

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Latin American countries halt flights from Europe, ban public gatherings and close schools

  

  Several Latin American countries stepped up measures on Thursday to slow the spread of the coronavirus, halting flights to and from Europe, banning public gatherings and closing schools.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolivia's October presidential election: no statistical support for claims of vote fraud

  

  The following article was published by The Washington Post, based on a report from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab political scientists John Curiel and Jack R Williams (*)