2021 in Bolivia

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Events in the year 2021 in Bolivia.

Incumbents

National government

Governors
Governor of Beni: Fanor Amapo (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Alejandro Unzueta (Third System Movement) (since 3 May) Governor of Chuquisaca: Efraín Balderas (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Damián Condori (We are all Chuquisaca) (since 3 May) Governor of Cochabamba: Esther Soria (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Humberto Sánchez (Movement for Socialism) (since 3 May) Governor of La Paz: Félix Patzi (Third System Movement) (until 3 May) Santos Quispe (Jallalla La Paz)/(Forward United People) (since 3 May) Governor of Oruro: Edson Oczachoque (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Johnny Vedia (Movement for Socialism) (since 3 May) Governor of Pando: Paola Terrazas (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Regis Richter (Third System Movement) (since 3 May) Governor of Potosí: Eloy Calizaya (Movement for Socialism) (acting: until 3 May) Jhonny Mamani (Movement for Socialism) (since 3 May) Governor of Santa Cruz: Rubén Costas (Social Democratic Movement) (until 3 May) Luis Fernando Camacho (Creemos) (since 3 May) Governor of Tarija: Adrián Oliva (Community of Everyone) (until 3 May) Oscar Montes Barzón (United for Change) (since 3 May)

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia

28 January – María Teresa Mercado, Mexican ambassador who was declared persona non grata during the 2019–2020 Mexico–Bolivia diplomatic crisis, is reappointed ambassador at the request of the government of President Luis Arce.^[1]
31 January – The doctors′ union pushes for new lockdown as hospitals approach saturation. An average of one health worker dies every day. The total number of COVID-19 cases approaches 210,000 as the first 20,000 doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine arrive.^[2]
7 February – Environmental authorities investigate the deaths of 35 Andean condors, which is an endangered species.^[3]
18 February – Health workers announce a general strike from 18 to 28 February against the Ley de Emergencia Sanitaria (Emergency Health Law).^[4]
2 March – Twenty people are killed and 25 others injured in a bus accident in Colomi, Cochabamba Department.^[5]
3 March – Six people are killed when a railing collapses and they fall four floors 16.7 m (55 ft) during a student protest at the Universidad Pública de El Alto (UPEA). Three of the organizers of the event are arrested and charged with homicide, and eight others are sought by the police.^[6]
7 March – Regional elections are held in all nine Departments of Bolivia for governors, mayors, councillors, and departmental assemblies.^[7]
12 March – The government orders the arrest of former president Jeanine Áñez (2019–2020) and members of her government for terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy.^[8]
April (date unknown) – Members of Evo Morales′s personal bodyguard attended a rally in Plaza San Francisco dressed in uniforms belonging to the army of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.^[9]
12 June – COVID-19: Marcel Ebrad Mexican Foreign Minister, announced on May 12 that Mexico will donate 400,000 doses of Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay.^[10]
19 November – Edgar Pary is appointed Minister for Education.^[11]

Deaths

January

12 January – Osvaldo Peredo, revolutionary leader (b. 1941)^[12]
19 January – Felipe "El Mallku" Quispe, Quechua leader and politician (b. 1942)^[13]^[14]
28 January – Gil Imaná, muralist and painter (b. 1933)^[15]

May

30 May – Luisa Molina, folk singer (b. 1955)^[16]

June

7 June – Jaime Junaro, singer (b. 1949)^[17]

August

4 August – Moisés Torres, journalist, professor and politician, deputy (1997–2002) (COVID-19; b. 1949)^[18]

September

24 September – Pablo Ramos, economist (b. 1937)^[19]

December

26 December – Agustín Saavedra Weise, diplomat and writer, president of the Central Bank and Foreign Minister of Bolivia (1982) (b. 1943)^[20]

References

^ "Regresa María Teresa Mercado como embajadora de México en Bolivia". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as virus overwhelms hospitals". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors". msn.com. AFP. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^ "El personal sanitario de Bolivia anunció un paro general en respuesta a la promulgación de la Ley de Emergencia Sanitaria". infobae (in European Spanish). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
^ "Accidente de ruta en Bolivia deja 20 muertos". msn.com. AP. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "Tragedia en la universidad boliviana: arrestaron a tres estudiantes que organizaron la asamblea que terminó con seis muertos". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Bolivians vote in local, regional polls amid COVID-19 concerns". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^ "Bolivia: ordenan arrestar a la ex presidenta Jeanine Áñez y 5 de sus ministros por golpe de Estado". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Escándalo en Bolivia: los escoltas de Evo Morales visten uniformes del régimen de Maduro". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "México dona 400 mil vacunas AstraZeneca para Belice, Bolivia y Paraguay". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Edgar Pary Chambi jura como nuevo Ministro de Educación". Erbol (in Spanish). Erbol. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Murió Osvaldo Peredo, último de tres hermanos que combatieron junto al "Che" Guevara". telam.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Murió Felipe Quispe, el líder indígena que quiso ser presidente de Bolivia". infobae (in European Spanish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ Muere ‘El Mallku’, el último insurrecto de Bolivia (in Spanish)
^ "Fallece el maestro Gil Imaná, pintor y muralista sucrense". correodelsur.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "La reconocida cantante Luisa Molina fallece a causa de la Covid-19". paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Fallece Jaime Junaro, la voz de Savia Nueva". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ Fallece Moisés Torres Ramírez, periodista y presentador de televisión de Sucre (in Spanish)
^ Atahuichi, Rubén (24 September 2021). "Conmoción por la muerte del economista y exprefecto paceño Pablo Ramos". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Muere el diplomático Agustín Saavedra Weise". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[1] "Regresa María Teresa Mercado como embajadora de México en Bolivia". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[2] "Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as virus overwhelms hospitals". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[3] "Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors". msn.com. AFP. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[4] "El personal sanitario de Bolivia anunció un paro general en respuesta a la promulgación de la Ley de Emergencia Sanitaria". infobae (in European Spanish). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

[5] "Accidente de ruta en Bolivia deja 20 muertos". msn.com. AP. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

[6] "Tragedia en la universidad boliviana: arrestaron a tres estudiantes que organizaron la asamblea que terminó con seis muertos". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[7] "Bolivians vote in local, regional polls amid COVID-19 concerns". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

[golpe-8] "Bolivia: ordenan arrestar a la ex presidenta Jeanine Áñez y 5 de sus ministros por golpe de Estado". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[9] "Escándalo en Bolivia: los escoltas de Evo Morales visten uniformes del régimen de Maduro". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[10] "México dona 400 mil vacunas AstraZeneca para Belice, Bolivia y Paraguay". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[11] "Edgar Pary Chambi jura como nuevo Ministro de Educación". Erbol (in Spanish). Erbol. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[12] "Murió Osvaldo Peredo, último de tres hermanos que combatieron junto al "Che" Guevara". telam.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[13] "Murió Felipe Quispe, el líder indígena que quiso ser presidente de Bolivia". infobae (in European Spanish). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[14] Muere ‘El Mallku’, el último insurrecto de Bolivia (in Spanish)

[15] "Fallece el maestro Gil Imaná, pintor y muralista sucrense". correodelsur.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[16] "La reconocida cantante Luisa Molina fallece a causa de la Covid-19". paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[17] "Fallece Jaime Junaro, la voz de Savia Nueva". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[18] Fallece Moisés Torres Ramírez, periodista y presentador de televisión de Sucre (in Spanish)

[19] Atahuichi, Rubén (24 September 2021). "Conmoción por la muerte del economista y exprefecto paceño Pablo Ramos". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[20] "Muere el diplomático Agustín Saavedra Weise". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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2021 in Bolivia

Incumbents

National government

Events

Deaths

January

May

June

August

September

December

See also

References

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