Bolivia

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state of play · Debt

Venezuela's twin June 24 earthquakes have pushed the country to the top of the debt cluster: 1,943 confirmed dead, 43,000 still missing, USGS models projecting a final toll above 100,000. Acting President Delcy Rodriguez announced a $200 million reconstruction fund on June 30, but Venezuela has no external borrowing access, no standing IMF relationship, and faces outstanding sanctions. The US Treasury General License permitting humanitarian transactions is the first meaningful bilateral economic opening since the Maduro era; whether it widens into a formal multilateral channel is the key watch. UN OCHA's July 1 bulletin marked the formal shift from rescue to recovery; Simón Bolívar Airport's main runway cleared to reopen July 2. Oil tanker seizures and the La Guaira port workers' dispute complicate the revenue picture further. Senegal remains the other live case: roughly $13bn in undisclosed borrowing pushed debt near 132% of GDP, with Dakar in a standoff with the IMF over restructuring terms. Watch whether emergency multilateral channels open for Venezuela reconstruction and whether Senegal's IMF talks resume in Q3.

Bolivia's natural-gas-funded state model collapsed after 2014, leaving the Andean nation with near-depleted reserves and Latin America's most acute fiscal crisis as of mid-2026.

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Bolivia's President Paz Pereira projects an IMF financing deal worth up to US$5 billion, pledging 'clear economic signals' for investors

Rodrigo Paz Pereira, Bolivia's president since the June 2026 election, announced on July 21 that his government is negotiating a package of external credits of up to US$5 billion with the IMF at its centre, and promised clear economic signals on investment and production in the coming days as Bolivia recovers from a dollar-shortage crisis

Whose Money ·4 takes ·Jul 22

Bolivia ends a 15-year dollar peg as Ministerial Resolution 245 sets a floating boliviano at Bs 9.73 per US dollar

Bolivia's Ministry of Economy issued Resolution 245 on 26 June 2026, formally ending the Bs 6.96/USD fixed exchange rate in place since 2011 and transitioning to a flexible regime; the Banco Central de Bolivia set an opening rate of Bs 9.73, a roughly 40% devaluation, effective 29 June, as net international reserves held at approximately US$3.1bn and a parallel-market dollar had been trading near Bs 20

Whose Money ·7 takes ·Jul 3

Paz's cabinet hollows out as Bolivia's worst crisis in 40 years hits the streets

Defence, education and labour ministers gone in ten days; ~100 roadblocks, fuel and food shortages, and calls for the new president to quit

Who Decides ·6 takes ·Jun 24

Bolivia's Tarija court issues an arrest warrant for Evo Morales after he skips his third hearing in a human trafficking trial

A Tarija criminal court declared former Bolivian President Evo Morales in contempt on 11 May 2026 and issued an order for his arrest after he failed to appear for the opening of his trial on aggravated human trafficking charges; police were authorised to seize him anywhere in the country and migration authorities were ordered to block his exit

Who Decides ·5 takes ·Jul 3

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