COVID-19: Bolivia Exceeds the Global Average Mortality Rate

Military ask an Indigenous woman who is going to buy food for her identity document, Bolivia, March 31, 2020.

The Bolivian ratio of deaths to infections is alarming, although the death toll is not high so far.

Bolivia: People Break Quarantine to Protest for Lack of Food

People protest against the coup-born government's unfulfilled promises, Riberalta, Bolivia, March 31, 2020.

So far, Bolivia has reported 107 COVID-19 cases and 6 dead patients. The public health situation, however, could become more complicated in the short term.

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San Juan de Dios Hospital in Santa Cruz, Boliva.

Bolivia: Health Minister Reports First Death Due to Covid-19

According to official communique, the public works and health managers would do “an epidemic blocking” in the region to detect all positive cases and stop the virus spreading.

Plenary Hall of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia

Bolivia: TSE Gives Possible Date for Presidential Elections

Electoral exercises will resume from the point where the process was stopped as soon as economic, political and social activities resume in the Andean nation.

Bolivian presidential candidates for the MAS party Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca

Bolivian Regime Rejects Cuba's Offer to Help Fight Coronavirus

The presidential candidate has reported on Cuba's willingness to help the South American country facing the Covid-19's spread.

President of the Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Salvador Romero.

Bolivia: Electoral Tribunal Suspends Elections Due to COVID-19

The Andean country will enter quarantine this Sunday (March 22) in an attempt to keep the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from rising.

Scene on the day the Brazilian Senate approved the 'State of National Calamity', Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 20, 2020.

Latin American Leaders Demand Continent’s Debt to Be Condoned

Latin American countries' recovery will not be feasible if they are not relieved of the debt burden.

Bolivian Minister of Health, Erwin Viruez

Bolivia: Coup-Born Regime Rejects Medical Cooperation From Cuba

Bolivian doctors condemn the lack of medical supplies and preparation to face the spread of the virus.

Bolivia: Senkata and Sencaba Events Under Investigation

The Inter-American Human Rights Commission qualified these events as a massacre.

Bolivia: Añez Uses Police to Enforce Measures Against COVID-19

While Añez implements these restrictive measures, leftist Bolivians have requested other actions.

Bolivia: MAS Presents Legal Resource in Support of Evo Morales

According to Siñani, his legal team presented the legal appeal on March 13 and requested the hearing in which it will be considered if Morales can present his candidacy.