A Bolivian court ordered former president Luis Arce to remain in detention for five months while prosecutors investigate alleged embezzlement of USD 700 million from an Indigenous development fund. Arce denied wrongdoing, calling the case politically motivated.
Troops led by army general commander Juan Jose Zuniga started withdrawing from the area around the presidential palace, after Arce called for the country to "defend democracy" and fired Zuniga along with the heads of the navy and air force.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Luis Arce Catacora of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day
During her visit, the minister will call on President Luis Arce Catacora and hold meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Hydrocarbons and Energies and other dignitaries and review cooperation between the two countries.
La Paz [Bolivia], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Bolivia expects to get nearly one million doses of coronavirus vaccines next month, Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced.
Sucre [Bolivia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Bolivia expects its relations with the United States to improve following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election, the Latin American country's Socialist president-elect, Luis Arce, said on Sunday.