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Montevideo, January 26th 2026 - 16:29 UTC

Tag: Bolivia

  • Saturday, June 7th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Bolivia: Evo followers keep blocking roads and seize one airport

    Bolivia: Evo followers keep blocking roads and seize one airport

    Blockades by supporters of former President Evo Morales are disrupting the transport of 346 fuel tankers carrying 8.9 million liters of gasoline, diesel, and LPG, forcing them to use alternate routes.

  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Bolivia: BoA announces solidarity flights amid road blockades

    BoA's schedule will vary according to the ongoing conflict

    Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) on Thursday announced a series of solidarity flights between La Paz and Cochabamba to assist passengers affected by road blockades led by supporters of former president Evo Morales. The schedule may vary according to the ongoing conflict, with potential expansion to other routes.

  • Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 - 08:27 UTC

    Evo's supporters stage road blockades in Bolivia

    The only purpose of the blockade is to boycott the elections, Minisster Ríos said

    Supporters of former President Evo Morales escalated protests Monday with 13 road blockades across Bolivia, primarily in Cochabamba, paralyzing vehicle transit, including over 800 fuel tankers.

  • Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Bolivian minister apologizes for delays in fuel supply

    Tanker ships were redirected from Arica in Chile to Mollendo in Peru for unloading

    Bolivia's Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister Alejandro Gallardo apologized Friday for the delays in unloading fuel from tanker ships amid unfavorable weather conditions, which will delay the arrival of the product to the landlocked country.

  • Friday, May 30th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Unloading of fuel for Bolivia begins amid favorable weather

    We are using Arica and another port in Chile, in addition to one in Peru, Gallardo explained

    The unloading of fuels began in three Pacific Ocean ports, with an estimated 100 million liters of gasoline and diesel expected to arrive in Bolivia by the weekend. The operation involves ports in Chile and Peru due to weather conditions, Hydrocarbons Minister Alejandro Gallardo explained. The measure seeks to address Bolivia's ongoing nationwide fuel shortage.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 10:04 UTC

    Bolivia free of FMD without vaccination

    The new status poses new challenges for Bolivian beef

    Bolivia has been certified by the World Organization for Animal Health as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination, a status shared only with Brazil in South America. This milestone, achieved through over 20 years of public-private efforts and a US$ 350 million investment, benefits around 200,000 livestock producers. Bolivia is to be officially granted such recognition during a ceremony on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Bolivia's National Action Party restored legal status

    PAN-Bol has now until June 6 to register its candidates. Shall it include Evo Morales?

    Bolivia's National Action Party (PAN-Bol) has successfully reversed the cancellation of its legal status after a favorable ruling by the Fourth Constitutional Chamber of the Departmental Court of Justice of La Paz on Monday, which instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to issue a new resolution.

  • Saturday, May 24th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Bolivian gov't announces measures to curb ongoing crisis

    In a press conference at the Casa Grande del Pueblo, Arce and five cabinet members presented the measures

    The Bolivian Government of President Luis Arce Catacora announced Friday a series of measures to tackle the rise in food prices, fuel shortages, dollar scarcity, and the declining purchasing power of the Bolivian currency.

  • Friday, May 23rd 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    New fuel shortage hits Bolivia due to logistical delays

    Things worsened after some tanker trucks staged a strike to demand higher freight rates

    Bolivia is grappling with a severe fuel crisis, marked by long vehicle lines at petrol stations in major cities like La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz, caused by a partial strike by tanker transporters demanding higher freight rates and logistical delays at the Chilean port of Arica.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 20:19 UTC

    Bolivian elections: Other candidates face registration problems after Evo

    Andrónico Rodríguez has called for public vigilance to protect democratic participation

    Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has suspended the approval of Senate Speaker Andrónico Rodríguez's candidacy as well as those of other would-be contenders on behalf of the leftist Alianza Popular movement, pending a constitutional ruling on the legal status of the Third System Movement (MTS), a party within the alliance.