Bolivia’s Arce Emerges As Presidential Winner

(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Oct.2020) — Bolivian presidential hopeful Luis Arce appears to have won the country’s general election. “We still don’t have an official count, but from the data we have, Mr. Arce and Mr. Choquehuanca have won the election,” Bolivia’s interim president Jeanine Añez Chavez announced 19 October 2020 […]

Bolivia’s 50% Reduction In Electricity Rates

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Dec.2019) — Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Áñez and the country’s Energy Minister Rodrigo Guzmán announced an up to 50% reduction in electricity rates nationwide. The rates go into effect retroactively as of November 2019 and will benefit more than 1.8 million consumers nationwide, online media […]

YPFB Dispatches Fuel, LPG From Senkata Plant

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 23.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s state oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos announced the dispatch of 1.8 million liters of gasoline and diesel and 10,119 bottles (cylinders) of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the cities of La Paz and El Alto after suspension of a blockade at […]

Bolivia Gov’t Charges Morales With Terrorism

(Reuters, Daniel Ramos, 22.Nov.2019) — Bolivia’s interim government filed a criminal complaint on Friday against former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism, the interior minister said, as authorities began probes of his allies that they accuse of corruption and fomenting unrest. Interim President Jeanine Anez, a former senator […]

LatAmNRG Bolivia Briefs: Fuel Prices, New YPFB Head

(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 19.Nov.2019) — Heard on the street and LatAmNRG briefs related to Bolivia’s National Hydrocarbon Agency (ANH) establishing maximum fuel prices and appointment by Bolivia’s Interim President Jeanine Añez of José Luis Rivero as the new president of the country’s state oil and gas company Yacimientos […]