Cosmo Sanderson reports for Latin Lawyer: Covid-19: reporting on a crisis A tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration has refused to extend a deadline for Bolivia to submit its statement of defence in an investment treaty claim, after the state argued that the coronavirus pandemic had made work on the submission “virtually impossible.” In…
Day: May 6, 2020
Coronavirus gives Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president chance to extend rule
Gideon Long reports for Financial Times: Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty When Evo Morales quit the Bolivian presidency amid electoral fraud allegations and fled to Mexico last November after 14 years in power, it seemed that his replacement Jeanine Añez would be in the job for a…
