Bolivia News in English

Who Is Rodrigo Paz? Bolivia’s President and His US Bet

Who is Rodrigo Paz? Bolivia's president ended nearly 20 years of socialist rule, cut fuel subsidies and won a US$1.9...

September 28, 2026

Bolivia Transport Strike Stops Santa Cruz as Drivers Head to Diesel Talks

Bolivia transport strike emptied Santa Cruz but La Paz kept moving. Drivers take their demand to scrap dearer diesel to...

September 28, 2026

Bolivia’s Protest Week Opens With a 24-Hour Transport Strike: What Expats Need to Know

A 24-hour transport strike opens Bolivia's protest week; teachers march Wednesday and an October 3 deadline looms over the fuel...

September 28, 2026

Bolivian Lawmakers Urge Pre-emptive Arrests Before Evo Morales Protests

Bolivian lawmakers urge pre-emptive arrests before Evo Morales’s 13 October protests, while two warrants against him stay unexecuted. What it...

September 28, 2026

US Replaces Its Top Diplomat in Bolivia Again as Ambassador Swap Stalls

Bolivia's US embassy gets its third chief of 2026, again a stand-in. Ten months after both sides promised ambassadors, neither...

September 27, 2026

Bolivia’s Wanted Ex-President Evo Morales Threatens Protests Over Diesel

Wanted on an arrest warrant, Evo Morales gave Bolivia’s president until 3 October to repeal the diesel decree, or face...

September 27, 2026

Bolivia Reviews 67 State Companies for Closure as Losses Mount

Bolivia has made winding up loss-making state companies a priority. Sixty-seven firms are under review, and unions have declared an...

September 26, 2026

Bolivia in 2026 Explained, From Fuel Crisis to IMF Deal

Bolivia explained: why gas and dollars ran out, how Rodrigo Paz floated the currency and cut fuel subsidies, and what...

September 25, 2026

Bolivia Diesel Price Jumps 83% and Unions Test a Blockade Ban

Bolivia diesel protests are building: drivers met in Santa Cruz, teachers plan a march and ministers fanned out, all under...

September 22, 2026