Tag: Luis Arce

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Bolivian gov't signs Census Bill into law

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has signed into law the bill regarding the national census, which had sparked a 36-day strike in the province of Santa Cruz, where most of the country's rightwing population opposing the Socialist government lives.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru takes over CAN's pro tempore presidency

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday welcomed his colleagues from Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Luis Arce for the Council of the Andean Community (CAN) summit in Lima.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Gas deal between Bolivia and Argentina signed

  

  The Government of Argentina Thursday announced a new understanding with Bolivia to secure a daily gas supply of 14 million cubic meters and a commitment so that, in the future, Argentina will have priority to import any surplus in output.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Restoring diplomatic ties with Chile hinges on maritime issue, Bolivian gov't says

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday urged the new Chilean Government to discuss the maritime dispute between the two countries, on which the future of ties necessarily hinges.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 20:19 UTC

  Boric would like Chile to resume full ties with Bolivia

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday urged his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce Catacora to resume diplomatic ties, which were severed in the 1970s.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Presidents of Bolivia, Peru discuss bilateral issues while in Chile

  

  The Presidents of Peru -Pedro Castillo Terrones- and Bolivia -Luis Arce Catacora- held a private meeting in Santigo de Chile on the sides of Gabriel Boric Font's inauguration to discuss the possibility of supplying Peru with LPG, among other issues.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Oruro carnival parade goes on like before, albeit with face masks

  

  Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other parts of South America are returning to their traditional celebrations following a ban during 2021 as a result of COVID-19 measures.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  New gas well found in Bolivia, expected to generate millions of dollars

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has confirmed over the weekend the discovery of large gas reserves which -he hoped- would yield substantial profits to the country.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolivian VP bows to pressure, agrees to take a COVID-19 vaccine

  

  Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca finally agreed to get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite ratifying that taking the jab in voluntary in Bolivia and that he has already overcome the disease.

• Wednesday, December 1st 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Latin American left wing leaders expecting progressive victories in Chile and Brazil

  

  The Puebla Group, a gathering of left-wing leaders from Latin America and Spain held a meeting in Mexico on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran presidential election and looked forward to similar triumphs by Chilean candidate Gabriel Boric in December and hopefully Lula da Silva next year in Brazil.