Bolivia News » La Paz News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivian workers reject Paz government's economic overhaul — a national strike looms on Oct. 23
Bolivia's COB declared a labor emergency after fuel prices surged 83% and new decrees put state jobs at risk. A national strike is set for October 23 ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia approves $1.9 billion IMF deal, eliminates diesel subsidies
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian lawmakers approved a $1.9 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund on Friday, delivering the conservative government a key victory in its efforts to ease ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia bets on Starlink for rural schools as Latin America's satellite education race accelerates
Bolivia's Aula Conectada signs Starlink agreements with 85 La Paz municipalities, but critics warn municipalities lack funds once the two-year free period expires.
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia arrests top prosecutor and 13 others accused by US of protecting drug traffickers
Bolivian police have arrested the country's attorney general and 13 others accused of protecting drug traffickers.
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Kast and Paz open the way in La Paz to normalising Chile-Bolivia relations
Chilean President José Antonio Kast and his Bolivian counterpart Rodrigo Paz pledged on Friday in La Paz to move towards normalising diplomatic relations “at the highest level”, broken off since 1978, ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Chile’s president makes first state visit to Bolivia in 71 years as region shifts right
Chilean President José Antonio Kast arrived in neighboring Bolivia on Friday for the first state visit by a Chilean leader in more than seven decades, as ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia Morales Backers Plan La Paz March
Supporters of Evo Morales will march on La Paz from Tuesday 13 October, defying a ban on blockades. Police are guarding Cochabamba's highways.
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia clears anti-government roadblocks after emergency decree, as patrol plane crash kills 6
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Anti-government roadblocks that have isolated Bolivia's capital La Paz and other major cities were still being cleared Sunday, a day after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bitter political fight in Bolivia is paralyzing the government as unrest boils over economic crisis
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Protesters streamed into Bolivia's capital, throats hoarse from chanting and feet blistered from a week of walking along the national highway. The throngs of street vendors in ...
News Bolivia » La Paz » Government: Bolivia: Paz Government Using Lawfare Against Protesters, “Terrorists” and “Drug Traffickers”
In Bolivia, after weeks of protests against the proposed privatization of indigenous lands, the Rodrigo Paz government is setting the stage for mass repression against political opponents. The ...