Bolivia's Senate approved a $1.9 billion IMF loan Friday to support President Rodrigo Paz's economic reforms, though the measure faces opposition from former leader Evo Morales and uncertainty over fuel subsidy elimination timing.
Bolivia's Plurinational Legislative Assembly extended the state of exception through mid-December, citing government warnings of potential blockades and conflicts that could disrupt fuel, food, and medicine supplies while threatening national economic stability.
President Javier Milei blamed Mexico, Brazil, and foreign political parties for an anti-Argentine campaign while deflecting from his detained advisor Fernando Cerimedo's attempted feminicide charges, amid investigations revealing corruption and espionage within his administration.