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President Luis Arce accuses military general Juan José Zúñiga of plotting a coup, and calls for a general strike and blocking of roads to prevent the coup. The attempted coup fails.
2024-06-26

A judge in Bolivia rules that opposition figure Luis Fernando Camacho must remain in prison ahead of his trial. Camacho was arrested in December on charges of terrorism.
2023-01-19

Three ministers resign from Bolivia's interim government. One of them, Economic Minister Oscar Ortiz, stated his resignation was in protest of President Jeanine Áñez's decision to sell shares in the state-run electricity company ELFEC close to the upcoming general election.
2020-09-28

Bolivia withdraws its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as an independent nation, and cuts ties with the ruling Polisario Front.
2020-01-20

Bolivia's new interior minister, Arturo Murillo, files a criminal complaint against former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism.
2019-11-22

Italian far-left terrorist Cesare Battisti is extradited to Italy after his capture in Bolivia. Battisti was convicted of multiple murders nearly three decades ago.
2019-01-13

Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, and Sweden are elected to be non-permanent members in the United Nations Security Council.
2016-06-28

A passenger bus veers off the Yungas Road and plunges from a height of 300 meters into a ravine in the Yungas region of Bolivia, killing 18 people and injuring 24 others.
2013-01-21

Bolivia takes steps to ensure that Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian Minister of Defence, leaves the country as soon as possible following a complaint from Argentina who believed that he was responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community City in Buenos Aires.
2011-05-31

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev writes a letter to Ban Ki-moon stating that Israel would use force against a Bolivian-flagged all-female aid ship intending to land near Gaza.
2010-08-21