Tag: Bolivia

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 19:28 UTC

  Petrobras signs US$ 1.2bn contract for natural gas exploration in southern Bolivia

  

  Executives of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and Bolivian counterpart YPFB signed this week a contract for a US$1.2 billion natural-gas exploration venture in southern Bolivia. Bolivian President Evo Morales and Brazil's minister of mines and energy, Fernando Coelho Filho, traveled to Bolivia's eastern city of Santa Cruz for the signing ceremony.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

  South American presidents and who they would like to see at the White House

  

  A majority of South American presidents would prefer to see former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House, while a few believe whoever wins will make not much of a difference for the continent. Nevertheless be it Hillary or Trump there is mostly respect for US institutions.

• Friday, November 4th 2016 - 22:59 UTC

  Bolivia seeks access to Pacific Ocean via Peruvian por of Ilo

  

  Integration between both countries appears to be on a smooth path after second binational cabinet meeting in Sucre, chaired by Presidents Evo Morales and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Railway road to Brazilian port of Santos also on the table

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 07:02 UTC

  Bolivia imposes biometric census on foreigners after San Matias crimes

  

  The Government of Bolivia decreed Tuesday that the Immigration bureau is to undertake a biometric census of all foreigners in the country to legalize their situation, after crimes allegedly committed by Brazilian hitmen.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 07:41 UTC

  Following Colombia, “Malvinas, one of three issues pending solution in Latin America”

  

  Following the peace agreement signed in Colombia, only three main issues remain pending in the Americas, devolution of Guantanamo to Cuba, the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and a sea outlet for Bolivia, according to Bolivian president Evo Morales who hailed the deal rubricated on Monday in Cartagena before world leaders.

• Monday, August 29th 2016 - 06:41 UTC

  Morales claims killing of minister and three miners was a coup attempt

  

  Morales claimed that the violent miners protests this week that resulted in the beating and killing of Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes and the deaths of three demonstrators were the latest unsuccessful attempt by his political enemies to forcibly remove him from office.

• Friday, August 26th 2016 - 11:07 UTC

  Striking Bolivian mines kidnap and kill deputy Interior minister

  

  Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes has been killed after being kidnapped by striking mineworkers, the government said late on Thursday. Illanes had gone to talk to protesters earlier on Thursday in Panduro, around 160 km from the capital, La Paz, but was intercepted and kidnapped by striking miners.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Malcorra in Bolivia holds talks on energy, drug trafficking, science development and South Atlantic Islands

  

  Issues related to energy, drug trafficking and border controls, science and technology development, plus support for the South Atlantic Islands and adjoining maritime spaces claim, were among the main issues addressed by Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra during her visit to Bolivia where she met president Evo Morales and her peer David Choquehuanca Cespedes.

• Monday, February 22nd 2016 - 07:45 UTC

  Polls suggest Morales narrowly lost the re-re-reelection referendum; Bolivia opposition celebrations

  

  President Evo Morales of Bolivia has narrowly lost a referendum to allow him to stand for a fourth term in office, exit polls suggest. One poll suggests 52.3% voted against the proposal to amend the constitution, while another suggests it was 51%. However, Morales's deputy has predicted Bolivia's first head of state of indigenous origin could still win, as official results trickle in.

• Thursday, November 19th 2015 - 07:04 UTC

  World Anti-Doping agency includes Argentina, Bolivia and Ukraine in its non-complaint code list

  

  The World Anti-Doping Agency’s Foundation Board has unanimously voted to declare the national anti-doping agency for Russia, Andorra, Israel, Argentina, Bolivia and Ukraine non-compliant with its code.