Tag: Luis Arce

• Saturday, November 8th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce blasts Evo in farewell message

  

  Outgoing Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora delivered his final address to the nation from the Casa Grande del Pueblo on Friday morning, launching a blistering attack on former President Evo Morales, whom he squarely blamed for the electoral defeat and the current state of the nation's political movement.

• Saturday, November 8th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Dorgathen resigns as YPFB chief as Bolivia's fuel crisis deepens

  

  Armin Dorgathen Tapia has submitted his irrevocable resignation as Executive President of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), the state-owned oil company, effective Friday. His departure comes amidst growing controversy surrounding the Botrading case and just hours before the inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Paz.

• Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 09:19 UTC

  Bolivia: Private fuel import bill signed into law to tackle shortages

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora enacted the so-called “Short Law” on Monday to tackle fuel shortages and guarantee the supply of diesel and gasoline. The legislation, which originated with the Pro Santa Cruz Committee and was passed by the Legislative Assembly last week, offers an alternative solution to the recurring fuel scarcity.

• Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 15:46 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce denounces anti-democratic plot in Congress

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora denounced on Wednesday an alleged plan originating from the Plurinational Legislative Assembly to suspend the presidential runoff election scheduled for October 19.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce faces paternity lawsuit

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora is facing a paternity lawsuit from a former employee of his administration (a former director of the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority - AJAM), who accused him of abandoning her and her child, born in 2024. The case was filed in Cochabamba for the crime of abandonment of a pregnant woman, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce not wanted back to his teaching position

  

  Leaders of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB), grouping college students, formally requested that President Luis Arce Catacora not return to his teaching position in the Economics Department at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA).

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

  Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

  

  Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

• Friday, July 4th 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Arce addresses domestic and global issues at Mercosur Summit

  

  During his speech at the 66th Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council and the Summit of Presidents of Mercosur and Associated States in Buenos Aires, Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora addressed both domestic challenges and regional aspirations.

• Thursday, June 26th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Measles is “more terrible” than Covid-19, says Bolivian president

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora insisted Wednesday that measles was a more severe threat than Covid-19, urging parents to vaccinate children under 5 against the highly contagious viral disease, of which 60 cases have been confirmed nationwide, prompting an emergency declaration.

• Monday, June 23rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Bolivia says US attacks on Iran were “arbitrary”

  

  Bolivia's President Luis Arce Catacora and the South American country's government condemned the US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, calling them an “arbitrary attack” that violates international law and the UN Charter.