Transporters and traders in Bolivia blocked roads in La Paz, Oruro, and Santa Cruz to protest a shortage of dollars that is affecting imports; the government is denying this, asserting that banks have US$258 million available

Nearly two million hectares have recently been burned by wildfires in the Santa Cruz region; the Bolivian government has opened a Fire Control Center to combat over 30 active fire outbreaks

A referendum on presidential term limits has been announced by President Arce: voters will be asked if they want to allow a president to be reelected more than once, with the condition that a third term isn't consecutive with the first two

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