Yesterday, the legal director of the Bolivian Interior Ministry, Fernando Rivera, said that the Hungarian Elöd Tóásó was legally detained in the terrorism case that resulted in the deaths of three of his alleged conspirators in April 2009. Rivera’s statement is in contrast with the contents of a letter from the UN, which recommended Tóásó’s [...]

Argentine ex-military officer Luis Enrique Baraldini was extradited to Argentina on Christmas day, after authorities detained him in Santa Cruz. He was turned over to Argentine authorities at the border town of Bermejo. Baraldini, 71, was wanted in Argentina for crimes against humanity committed during that country’s dirty war in the 70s and 80s, in [...]

Bolivian President Evo Morales will meet with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala today in Cuzco, Peru, where he will also celebrate Christmas this weekend. The presidents are also expected to sign a joint declaration at the the end of the meeting, of which no details are known. According to the schedule released by the Bolivian government, [...]

The World Bank announced yesterday that it will invest US$250 million in Bolivian rural development and highway infrastructure projects. Oscar Avalle, the outgoing World Bank representative in Bolivia, met with Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday to discuss development strategies and to introduce his successor, Faris Hadad Zervos, who will hold the post for the next [...]

Bolivia former vice-minister of Lands, Alejandro Almaraz, said that the solution to Bolivia’s land ownership problems is to prohibit the sale of land to foreigners. “It seems valid to me to at least consider the legal prohibition of foreigners owning land, just like it is prohibited in Brazil,” said Almaraz. Gonzalo Colque, director of the [...]

Moisés Tórrez, the candidate of the bloc in opposition to the ruling-party MAS, emerged as the winner in the Sucre mayoral election, with 46.54 percent of the votes. MAS candidate Iván Arciénega, of MAS, came in second place, with 37.7 percent of the vote. Elsewhere, Charles Becerra, of the UNE party, declared himself winner of [...]

Chilean foreign minister Alfredo Moreno said that Bolivia “will suffer the consequences” for taking its maritime claim to The Hague. Bolivian President Evo Morales yesterday announced that he will travel there in February in order to pursue a lawsuit against Chile in order to gain maritime access to the Pacific Ocean. Moreno, speaking for Chilean [...]

In Bolivia, more than half of the population—around 5.2 million people—live in poverty, and 2.7 million of those people live in extreme poverty. This data was contained in a 2011 report about human development from the United Nations Development Program, presented yesterday in the Bolivian foreign ministry. It recommended that Bolivia improve its policies against [...]

The last major opposition leader in Bolivia, Ruben Costas, the governor of Santa Cruz may soon be declared “a rebel” for not appearing in court in La Paz to address charges of defamation where he is accused of “verbal aggression” against judge Marcelo Soza. All of President Morales’ strong opponents have either fled the country [...]

Construction on segments 1 and 3 of the Amazonian Highway, has finally ceased weeks after the government promised to suspend all activity. The government has not been paying its agree-upon disbursements of money to the Brazilian construction company and the workers have declared a state of emergency. Representatives of the Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC) denied [...]