Tag: Rodrigo Paz

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2026 - 10:50 UTC

  La Paz endures a month of blockades as food and fuel shortages deepen

  

  La Paz has spent a month under blockade. The main roads into Bolivia's administrative capital have been cut for four weeks, and shortages of food and fuel worsen by the day. Frustration is mounting among residents: some demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz for failing to keep his campaign promises, while others call for a firm hand and the deployment of the army to lift the siege. Most agree that the president, who took office less than seven months ago, should have acted sooner, when the protests began.

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• Wednesday, May 27th 2026 - 18:29 UTC

  Paz promulgates law authorizing Armed Forces to intervene in Bolivia's internal conflicts

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Wednesday promulgated Law 1731, a measure that removes existing restrictions on the intervention of the Armed Forces in the country's internal conflicts. The signing of the document, which took place past midnight, comes after nearly a month of road blockades led by sectors demanding his resignation, and raises pressure on the president to authorize the deployment of the military on the streets and roads of Bolivia.

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• Wednesday, May 20th 2026 - 23:18 UTC

  Bolivia escalates internal conflict into diplomatic clash with Colombia and divided regional backing

  

  The political and social crisis that has been shaking Bolivia for 15 days escalated on Wednesday into a regional diplomatic confrontation, with the government of Rodrigo Paz expelling the Colombian ambassador to La Paz, Elizabeth García, denouncing before the Organization of American States an attempt at “institutional destabilization,” and receiving public backing from the United States and from several governments in the region. The decision was taken after Colombian President Gustavo Petro described the protests as a “popular insurrection” and said that in Bolivia “there is a people in the streets being killed,” statements considered “interfering” by La Paz.

• Saturday, May 16th 2026 - 04:16 UTC

  Paz thanks Milei for sending Hercules aircraft to bring food to blockaded Bolivian cities

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz on Friday thanked his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, for sending two C-130 Hercules military aircraft to reinforce the airlift aimed at supplying food and basic goods to the cities of La Paz and El Alto, affected by ten consecutive days of road blockades by peasant unions from the highlands. The regional gesture comes during one of the most critical weeks of the centrist leader's six-month tenure, against a backdrop of shortages and growing political tension with sectors aligned with former president Evo Morales.

• Friday, April 24th 2026 - 19:49 UTC

  Kast–Paz rapprochement opens door to potential restoration of Bolivia–Chile relations

  

  The foreign ministers of Bolivia, Fernando Aramayo, and Chile, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, agreed on Friday to deepen bilateral ties and advance a joint economic agenda, amid a decisive diplomatic rapprochement between the two countries after nearly five decades without ambassador-level relations. The meeting, held at an event organized by the Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services, and Tourism (Cainco) in Santa Cruz, concluded a two-day official visit by the Chilean minister.

• Monday, April 20th 2026 - 04:10 UTC

  Bolivia runoff consolidates fragmentation: ruling party keeps two regions, opposition governs the rest

  

  Voters in five Bolivian departments went to the polls on Sunday to complete the regional elections that began on March 22, in a runoff that consolidated a fragmented political map: President Rodrigo Paz's Patria coalition retained just two of nine governorships, while seven went to different opposition forces.

• Saturday, January 10th 2026 - 10:53 UTC

  Bolivian Gasolinazo conflict advancing to “National Revolution” phase

  

  Negotiations between the Bolivian Government of President Rodrigo Paz Pereira and the Bolivian Workers' Union (COB) collapsed on Friday, leaving the country's instability on the brink of further escalation.

• Saturday, January 3rd 2026 - 08:44 UTC

  Bolivian President to rule electronically from abroad

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira issued Supreme Decree 5515, allowing him to exercise full constitutional powers through digital means and electronic signatures while outside the country. The move comes amid escalating nationwide protests over the so-called Gasolinazo (end of fuel subsidies resulting in price hikes) and a notorious rift between the head of State and Vice President Edmand Lara.

• Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolivia faces indefinite strike to protest end of fuel subsidies

  

  Bolivia's powerful labor and transport unions confirmed they would launch an indefinite national strike starting Monday after President Rodrigo Paz Pereira vowed that Supreme Decree 5503, eliminating decades-old fuel subsidies, was a “non-negotiable” starting point for his administration.

• Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:11 UTC

  Bolivian President ends fuel subsidies, raises minimum wage

  

  Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of “economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency,” which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage to offset the resulting inflation.