Bolivia appoints Oscar Serrate as Ambassador to the USA

Excerpts from BBC News follows, photo from Pagina Siete: Bolivia crisis: Interim leader appoints first US envoy in 11 years Bolivia’s interim leader has appointed the country’s first US ambassador in 11 years, after vowing to overturn many of ex-President Evo Morales’ policies. The new ambassador, Walter Oscar Serrate Cuellar, used to be the country’s…

Despite current Bolivian gov’s absurdities, the USA is our friend!

Yesterday, the USA had its 238 birthday! Congrats to my dear American friends! Los Tiempos reports: U.S. aims to boost the agenda with Bolivia The charge d’affaires of the United States [DCM], Peter Brennan yesterday stressed the importance of boosting bilateral agenda with Bolivia where prevail interests and mutual respect between the two countries. The…

Bolivia’s naive foreign policy

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Naive foreign policy Bolivia now has deteriorated relations with USA, Brazil, Argentina and, one might say, also Peru, for the suspension of the presidential meeting that was to take place last week. The U.S. Charge d’affaires [DCM], Harry Mammott, just left for his country “for personal reasons”, which means…

We are three million Bolivians living abroad

Alexander Terrazas reports for El Dia: According to a report of the human pastoral care There are three million Bolivians abroad Exodus. In Argentina there are 1,200,000 compatriots, the rest is distributed in Brazil with some 600,000, followed by Spain and USA. We have [hold] 700 refugees. The output of compatriots abroad is increasing more…