Tag: Bolivia

• Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:18 UTC

  Morales suspends re-election campaigning and calls for aid to fight blazes in the Bolivian Amazon

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he is open to international aid to fight the blazes that have engulfed rural villages and doubled in size since Thursday. Morales is also suspending his campaign for re-election for at least a week, just two months from election day, to focus on the wildfires.

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Forest fires in Bolivia: half a million hectares, 1.700 fighters and a Super tanker

  

  Bolivian authorities warned this week that 70% of the department of Santa Cruz — where more than a quarter of the country's population lives — is under “extreme risk” from forest fires. According to the government, nearly 500,000 hectares of forest have now been turned into ashes.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:07 UTC

  US identifies 17 Latin American countries as major drug transit and producing areas

  

  President Donald Trump has warned he may take action against Mexico if it doesn't do more against drug trafficking. México is among the 22 major drug transit and drug-producing countries identified in a presidential memorandum released Thursday night by the White House.

• Sunday, August 4th 2019 - 17:40 UTC

  Bolivian exporters face new conditions to ship through the Chilean port of Arica

  

  The Arica Port Company (EPA) will start applying new tariffs as of Monday to Bolivian commerce, in accordance to the Service Manual in force since 2013, it was announced.

• Sunday, July 14th 2019 - 17:07 UTC

  Bolivia downplays risk of Brazil withdrawing from bioceanic railway project

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Trade Vice Minister Benjamín Blanco downplayed any risk that Brazil might opt out of the Bioceanic Railway Integration Corridor (CFBI) after the Brazilian ambassador said on Friday it was not a priority, amid fears that given the political differences between the two countries, the Bolsonaro administration might prefer a similar project with Argentina and Chile.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 12:39 UTC

  Russia and Bolivia sign accords during Evo's new Moscow trip

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Thursday signed agreements in Moscow on energy, industrial, agricultural and military issues and discussed the Venezuelan crisis negotiations that are taking place in Norway between delegates of Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 12:31 UTC

  Bolivia is making final preparations as it steps up to host the World Travel Awards (WTA) Latin America

  

  The leading travel industry figureheads from across South and Central America are attending what will mark WTA’s inaugural ceremony on 13 July in this fascinating country.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 08:05 UTC

  Paraguayan president will visit Bolivia and sign a dozen cooperation accords

  

  The first bi-national Bolivia-Paraguay partnership scheduled for this week will result in at least twelve cooperation agreements between the two nations, announced Paraguayan Ambassador in La Paz Terumi Matsuo.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia disputing rights over the .amazon domain

  

  The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon the rights to the .amazon domain.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Morales launches his presidential campaign for a fourth five-year term

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales launched this weekend his campaign for a fourth term, rejecting opposition allegations that he leads a corrupt and dictatorial government. Morales, 59, is Bolivia's first indigenous president and is aiming to be reelected in October.