Jude Webber in Mexico City and Andres Schipani in São Paulo report for the Financial Times: Tension over decision to grant asylum to allies of ex-president Evo Morales Bolivia’s caretaker government said it would expel the Mexican ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, ratcheting up tensions over Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to allies of former president Evo Morales….
Month: December 2019
Bolivia Expels 3 Diplomats in Tiff With Mexico and Spain Over Morales Aides
Anatoly Kurmanaev and Raphael Minder report for The New York Times: The caretaker president accused the Mexican ambassador and two Spanish diplomats of breaking norms by aiding former officials linked to Evo Morales, the ousted president. Bolivia’s interim government expelled three senior Spanish and Mexican diplomats from the country on Monday, dramatically escalating a diplomatic spat caused…
Chapare, tierra de nadie? Nooo, es tierra del narcotráfico. BASTA!
“En Shinahota un joven fue brutalmente golpeado por presuntamente ser el ladrón de una moto; el 8 de diciembre un adolescente fue atado a un palo santo hasta morir tras ser acusado de robar un vehículo.“ Tenemos que recuperar esa región, NO puede ser posible que la “republiqueta de la cocaina” continúe. https://www.paginasiete.bo/seguridad/2019/12/31/ante-ausencia-policial-joven-fue-linchado-otro-resulto-muy-herido-en-el-chapare-242035.html
Bolivia’s YPFB strikes transition deal with Petrobras to extend natural gas exports
Reuters reports: SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Bolivian state-owned oil firm YPFB said on Saturday it has reached a deal with Petroleo Brasileiro SA to extend natural gas exports through the Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline commonly known as Gasbol. The so-called transition deal comes after several meetings between the two companies in Brazil over the last month…
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