America Bolivia Amid a fuel supply crisis in Bolivia, President Luis Arce replaced his Hydrocarbons and Energy Minister, Franklin Molina, with Alejandro Gallardo; the change comes after transporters and merchants protested fuel shortages, demanding Molina's removal
America Bolivia Amid a deep economic crisis, over US$3 billion have been raised by Bolivia through buying locally mined gold and selling it abroad to meet debt payments and support fuel imports
America Bolivia Pro-Morales leader Ruth Nina has been detained over incitement, amid rising tensions, as supporters protest the exclusion of Evo Morales, the country’s first Indigenous president and a key leftist figure, from the upcoming August 17 elections
America Bolivia First International Meeting on Nuclear Medicine was hosted in La Paz, where experts discussed using radioactive substances for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer and neurological diseases as part of the country’s scientific independence
America Bolivia 60 measles cases in two months have prompted Bolivia to declare a national health emergency, the start of mass vaccination campaigns and coordinated actions aimed at halting the virus’s spread