BOLIVIA

Bolivia: ANH reports over 500K unlawful fuel litters in three months

Published on: January 9, 2024
17:20

La Paz, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Some 20 vehicles illegally loaded more than 500,000 liters of fuel in three months, Germán Jiménez, executive director of the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), told the press.

Bolivia supports South Africa’s application against Israel

Published on: January 8, 2024
14:54

La Paz, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Bolivia joined on Monday a group of countries that back an application by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Israel for genocide against the Palestinian people.

Certainty in Bolivia over binational bridge with Brazil

Published on: January 6, 2024
12:20

La Paz, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) The department of Beni is grateful today for the certainty offered by President Luis Arce on the construction of the bridge over the Mamoré River, which will link Bolivia with Brazil.

Residents of La Paz apply water purification measures in the face of heavy rains

Published on: January 4, 2024
10:00

La Paz, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) Approximately 10,000 water purification pills are being used by residents of the municipality of La Asunta, in La Paz, as preventive measure by the Ministry of Health in response to the floods caused by the continued rains.

Alert against increase of Covid-19 cases in Bolivia

Published on: January 3, 2024
10:34

La Paz, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) Bolivians continue today to be concerned about the increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, which in the last week of 2023 reached 1,933 infected, equivalent to 128 percent compared to the previous seven days.

Bolivia reports 147 deaths during New Year’s holidays

Published on: January 2, 2024
12:08

La Paz, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) The General Commander of Bolivian Police, Alvaro Alvarez, on Tuesday said that 147 people died during the New Year's holidays, while the armed forces reported as many as 1,500 traffic crashes.

Bolivia to commemorate 65th anniversary of Cuban Revolution

Published on: December 31, 2023
14:49

La Paz, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the Bolivian television channel ATB will broadcast, on January 1, the documentary "Lo Primero que hay que salvar" (The First to Be Saved), by filmmaker Santiago Rony Feliú.

YPFB to reinforce hydrocarbons supply in Bolivia

Published on: December 24, 2023
08:37

La Paz, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) The state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) on Sunday reaffirmed its surge (7% to 10%) in delivering gasoline and diesel compared to what was marketed in the first two weeks of December.

Bolivia to reinforce preventive measures ahead of fresh Covid-19 wave

Published on: December 23, 2023
13:22

La Paz, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) A new Covid-19 outbreak that has already killed two people in Santa Cruz on Saturday forces the Bolivian Health Ministry to call for the population to get vaccinated without ignoring biosecurity measures.

Bolivia TSJ reaffirms 10-year imprisonment for Jeanine Áñez

Published on: December 23, 2023
10:22

La Paz, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Popular forces of Bolivia celebrated the verdict by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) ratifying the 10-year imprisonment for former de facto president Jeanine Áñez in the Coup d'Etat II process.

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