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Bolivian Gasolinazo protests.

Critical · 100/100Civil Waractive17 dispatches indexedlatest event May 10, 2026
3 sources·generated May 7, 2026·ICD 203?ICD 203 — Analytic TradecraftThe US Intelligence Community’s Intelligence Community Directive 203 standards: sourced claims, calibrated probability language, explicit confidence levels, alternative analysis. GeoMemo briefs follow this prompt.
Escalation
100
·Critical · /100
Events · 24h
2
·+0 vs 7d avg
Fatalities · 7d
0
·no prior baseline
Media divergence
·Divergence
Primary belligerent
Bolivia
Escalation trajectory · 90 days · composite of event frequency × severity × geographic spread
30
total events across belligerents · 22 daily data points
Annotated milestones
2 of 4
JOURNALIST'S TYELLOW FEVER2026-02-172026-04-272026-05-13
Source · intelligence_events · all severity tiersHover any annotated dot for full milestone
Fatalities · 90 days · weekly
0
single-side data only
2026-02-092026-05-111
Source · casualties_daily aggregated by ISO week14 weeks

Bottom Line

We assess with low confidence that Bolivia's internal security environment remains volatile, marked by a targeted assassination and underlying economic fragility, but the evidence pack is too thin (fewer than 3 substantive conflict events) to support a robust assessment of the "Gasolinazo protests" trajectory or justify the current escalation score of 100/100.

Key Developments (last 24–48 hours)

  • May 7 — Rally pilot José Pedro Rojas Velasco was assassinated by a
Top 10
High-severity events
Severity-ranked events touching this conflict's belligerents · last 30 days
SeverityDateEventCountries
8.0Apr 26Yellow Fever OutbreakBO
7.0May 9Bolivia political tensionBO
6.0May 13Bolivia InflationBO
6.0May 13Bolivia Gas DeclineBO
6.0May 10Bolivia Fuel ShortagesBO
6.0May 5Bolivia Bond MarketBO
6.0May 4Wildfires in BoliviaBO
6.0Apr 29Critical Minerals ExtractionBO
5.0May 12Bolivia Economic DataBO
5.0May 12Bolivia Reserve AccumulationBO
Top 10 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Strategic transfers
Arms, tech, and equipment flows where seller or buyer is a belligerent
DateFlowEquipmentTypeStatus
CNBOelectric cararms saledelivered
USBOelectric cararms saledelivered
Top 2 shownFull dataset available via API · contact for access
Top 10
Critical resource flows
Oil, lithium, semiconductors, rare-earth, and other strategic commodities
MineralCountryStageReservesGlobal %
LithiumBoliviamining
Rare Earth ElementsBoliviaprocessing
Top 2 shown · global share % = country’s share of worldwide production at this stageFull dataset via API · contact
No dispatches indexed for this conflict in the last 30 days.
Methodology

This brief was drafted daily by Claude Opus/Haiku under an ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft prompt: bottom line up-front, calibrated probability language (“likely,” “highly likely”), explicit confidence levels, and alternative-analysis sections. Drawn from 3 dispatches across 3 publications, stored in our ingestion pipeline across strategic_events, intelligence_events, threat_assessments, and entity_relationships.

Event volume and casualty counts key off BO as the country anchor. Casualty figures above 100,000/day are filtered as extraction outliers pending manual review.

Sources· 3 dispatches· 3 publications
  1. 1.ClarinNarcoavión en Santa Fe: los preparativos para recibir los 400 kilos de droga, un piloto de rally asesinado y los vínculos con el clan Bilbao y Marset
  2. 2.PerfilBolivia evalúa el regreso al mercado global de bonos tras una pausa de cuatro años
  3. 3.TMX NewsfileMetalero Mining Corp (MLO) Announces Strategic Move into Bolivia as an Emerging Jurisdiction Open to Foreign Investment and Vast Mineral Potential