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IMF and Bolivia Reach US$1.9 Billion Loan Program Deal
-- Context. Bolivia, under President Rodrigo Paz, is battling its worst economic crisis in four decades, with fuel and US dollar shortages and inflation above 20%. The IMF and Bolivia have reached a staff-level deal on…
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-- Context. Bolivia, under President Rodrigo Paz, is battling its worst economic crisis in four decades, with fuel and US dollar shortages and inflation above 20%. The IMF and Bolivia have reached a staff-level deal on…
The Rio Times · 5 Aug 2026
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-- FX pressure. The parallel-market rate has climbed past Bs 12 per US dollar, and banks recently met about 88% of estimated dollar demand. The Bolivia cabinet reshuffle ordered by President Rodrigo Paz followed a forma…
The Rio Times · 5 Aug 2026
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-- Context. Punta del Este is Uruguay's flagship beach resort, and the festival gathers competing singers from across Latin America and beyond. Cochabamba-born singer Micaela Lima will carry Bolivia's flag to Uruguay's…
The Rio Times · 3 Aug 2026
-- Context. Bolivia, under President Rodrigo Paz, is battling its worst economic crisis in four decades, with fuel and US dollar shortages and inflation above 20%. The IMF and Bolivia have reached a staff-level deal on…
The Rio Times · 5 Aug 2026
-- Key risk factors A newly floated currency, chronic shortages of dollars and imported fuel, widespread informality in rental contracts, and bureaucratic hurdles for residency and business registration. Bolivia remains…
The Rio Times · 31 Jul 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with Bolivia on a $1.9bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to support the country's economic reform programme. The programme is aimed at restoring mac…
Investment Monitor · 30 Jul 2026
-- FX pressure. The parallel-market rate has climbed past Bs 12 per US dollar, and banks recently met about 88% of estimated dollar demand. The Bolivia cabinet reshuffle ordered by President Rodrigo Paz followed a forma…
The Rio Times · 5 Aug 2026
Tucson, AZ - For 53 days, the social movements of indigenous peoples and trade unions blockaded streets across Bolivia to protest the neoliberal agenda of President Rodrigo Paz. Shortly after Paz's inauguration in Novem…
Fight Back! News · 30 Jul 2026
-- Context. Punta del Este is Uruguay's flagship beach resort, and the festival gathers competing singers from across Latin America and beyond. Cochabamba-born singer Micaela Lima will carry Bolivia's flag to Uruguay's…
The Rio Times · 3 Aug 2026
LA PAZ, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's National Unity party said Monday it was leaving President Rodrigo Paz's ruling coalition and would become a "constructive opposition." Party leader Samuel Doria Medina said on socia…
english.news.cn · 28 Jul 2026
-- Morales's location Morales remains in the Trópico region of Cochabamba, his Chapare stronghold, guarded by supporters. A Bolivian prosecutor issued an Evo Morales arrest order on July 29, 2026, charging the former pr…
The Rio Times · 30 Jul 2026
La Paz, July 30 (SANA) Bolivia's Public Prosecutor's Office issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for former President Evo Morales on charges of "incitement and rebellion" linked to protests over the country's economic cri…
S A N A · 30 Jul 2026
english.news.cn · 28 Jul 2026
The Rio Times · 27 Jul 2026