Bolivia Fuel Deal Keeps Tanker Drivers Moving After 83% Diesel Price Rise
A Bolivia fuel deal struck on Sunday keeps tanker drivers hauling diesel after the subsidy ended, but freight rates and...
September 21, 2026Section
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Bolivia Enacts IMF Loan Law as Church Offers to Mediate Diesel Dispute
Bolivia's president has enacted the law behind a US$1.9 billion IMF loan. The Church offers to mediate as transport groups...
September 21, 2026
Bolivia Ends 20 Years of Cheap Diesel: What the 83% Price Rise Means for Expats
Bolivia raised diesel 83% to Bs17.95 (US$1.63) a litre under Supreme Decree 5716, risking higher bus fares and food prices...
September 20, 2026
Bolivia Diesel Jumps 83% After Congress Backs IMF Loan
Bolivia ended its diesel subsidy on 19 September, lifting the price 83% to US$1.63 a litre a day after Congress...
September 19, 2026
Bolivia Extends Its State of Exception as Brazilian Gangs Recruit on the Border
Bolivia's legislature voted 100 to extend the state of exception by ninety days. The interior minister told deputies that Brazilian...
September 18, 2026
Cost of Living La Paz 2026 — Budgets, Rent and Dollar Access
Cost of living La Paz Bolivia 2026: expat budgets, rent by zone, food, transport, altitude, healthcare and how the new...
September 18, 2026
Investing in Bolivia as a Foreigner 2026 — Property and Currency
Investing in Bolivia as a foreigner in 2026: the new floating boliviano, property and border-zone rules, Santa Cruz agribusiness, taxes...
September 18, 2026
Bolivia’s Congress Backs an IMF Rescue That Will End Its Cheap Fuel
Bolivia's Congress approved a US$1.9 billion IMF loan to ease its worst crisis in decades. The price is an end...
September 18, 2026
Bolivia Court Orders Luis Arce Moved From Prison to Cancer Hospital
A Bolivian judge ordered former president Luis Arce moved from San Pedro prison to an oncology hospital. He remains in...
September 17, 2026