2022 in Bolivia
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The following is a list of events in the year 2022 in Bolivia.
Incumbents[edit]
National government[edit]
- President: Luis Arce (MAS-IPSP)
- Vice President: David Choquehuanca (MAS-IPSP)
- President of the Chamber of Senators: Andrónico Rodríguez (MAS-IPSP)
- President of the Chamber of Deputies: Freddy Mamani Laura (MAS-IPSP)
- Assembly: 3rd
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Ongoing events[edit]
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia (2020–present)
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January – COVID-19 pandemic: A national requirement for either a COVID-19 vaccine card or a negative PCR test when entering public institutions, supermarkets, banks, churches, universities, and for recruitment in the Army enters into force.[1]
- 5 January – COVID-19 pandemic: The vaccine card requirement is suspended until 26 January amid demonstrations from anti-vaccine groups.[1]
- 6 January – The Unified Syndical Confederation of Rural Workers of Bolivia (CSUTCB) censures seven government ministers and three vice ministers and demands changes in the Cabinet of Luis Arce.[2]
- 13 January – Former government and defense ministers Arturo Murillo and Luis Fernando López are formally charged with improper use of influence and contracts harmful to the State, among others.[3]
- 19 January
- After a meeting with the Pact of Unity, it is agreed that no change to the cabinet will occur on 22 or 23 January, as was the precedent in previous governments.[4]
- COVID-19 pandemic: The vaccine card requirement is permanently suspended for the duration of the health emergency.[5]
- 22 January – Colonel Maximiliano Dávila, former national director of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (FELCN), is apprehended in Villazón for links to drug trafficking and legitimization of illicit profits.[6]
- 24 January
- Police find the buried bodies of two teenage victims of Richard Choque, the so-called "sexual psychopath" investigated for the rape of seventy-seven women.[7]
- The Prosecutor's Office orders the arrest of former La Paz mayor Luis Revilla in order to secure his presence to testify for the alleged irregular purchase of public transport buses.[8][9]
- 28 January – Femicide: The Prosecutor's Office arrests Magistrate Rafael Alcón for illegally granting an early release to Choque despite a thirty-year sentence from 2013.[10]
- 29 January – Revilla declares himself in hiding with intelligence information indicating his presence in Brazil.[11]
February[edit]
- 1 February
- President Arce creates a special commission to investigate cases in which those sentenced for rape were released.[12]
- Chile beats Bolivia 3-2 at a football match in La Paz, disqualifying it from participating in the final tournament of the FIFA World Cup.[13][14]
- The school year begins, with distance learning imposed on all nine departmental capitals and the ability for rural sectors to opt for face-to-face or blended learning.[15]
- 2 February – La Paz Governor Santos Quispe is arrested after being discovered consuming alcoholic beverages in his office.[16]
- 3 February –The Prosecutor's Office charges Quispe with crimes of improper use of public property and obstruction of justice and he is released on house arrest.[17][18]
- 9 February – Imprisoned former president Jeanine Áñez begins a hunger strike.[19]
- 10 February
- 11 February – The Pact of Unity agrees to allow Arce to keep his cabinet, subject to "permanent evaluations" on a monthly basis.[22]
- 15 February – Diego García-Sayán, United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, arrives in Bolivia to assess the country's judicial independence.[23]
- 22 February
- Upon completing his review, García-Sayán highlights that the judicial system "is far from the people" and calls for urgent judicial reform.[24]
- The Tenth Criminal Investigation Court extends Áñez's term in preventative detention by three months.[25]
- 24 February – Áñez lifts her hunger strike after fifteen days.[26]
March[edit]
- 2 March – Bolivia abstains from voting on a United Nations resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.[27][28]
- 8 March – The Confederation of Urban Education Workers of Bolivia (CTEUB) initiates a series of strikes demanding a higher education budget, among other proposals.[29]
- 9 March – A legislative session to call for the election of a new ombudsman is suspended after disputes between parliamentarians erupts into physical fights.[30]
- 15 March – The Legislative Assembly reconvenes and unanimously approves the amended draft regulations for the election of an ombudsman.[31]
- 16 March
- Alternate Deputy Rolando Cuellar is expelled from the Movement for Socialism and the party opens a process to remove him from his seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[32]
- Striking teachers clash with law enforcement as they attempt to force their way into the Ministry of Education headquarters.[33]
- 17 March
- The Plurinational Constitutional Court rules that former president Evo Morales was unjustly disqualified as a candidate for Senate in the 2020 general election and orders financial compensation for damages rendered.[34]
- The Plurinational Constitutional Court declared the crime of sedition unconstitutional, eliminating it from the Code of Criminal Procedure.[35]
- 18 March
- The Ministry of Education and the CTEUB announce an agreement; ongoing teachers' strikes are brought to an end.[36]
- The Trade Union Confederation of Intercultural Women of Bolivia (CSMCIB) expels its executive, Angélica Ponce, for "inducing confrontation" after she accused former president Morales of excluding women from the Movement for Socialism.[37]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
- 23 May – The trial of former minister of government Arturo Murillo will begin in the United States.[38]
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- 24 January – Jorge "Coco Manto" Mansilla Torres, 81, diplomat, humorist, journalist, poet, and writer (b. 1940)[39]
- 25 January – Hector Borda Leaño, 94–95, anthropologist, poet, and politician (b. 1927)[40]
- 26 January – Iván Guzmán de Rojas, 87, artist, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1934)[41]
- 31 January – Gustavo Cárdenas Ayad, 60, narrator and poet (b. 1961)[42]
February[edit]
- 8 February – Eugenio Natalini, 88, educator and priest (b. 1934)[43]
- 13 February – Eduardo Pardo, 68, ambassador of Bolivia to Cuba (since 2021) (b. 1953)[44]
- 14 February – Jorge Villanueva, 65–66, jazz and bossa nova guitarist (b. 1956)[45]
March[edit]
- 3 March – Edwin Tapia, 86, journalist, politician, writer, and former director of Opinión (b. 1936)[46]
- 8 March – Omar Ríos, 44, vocalist, founder of the band Deszaire (b. 1977)[47]
- 10 March – Mario Terán, 79, warrant officer who carried out the execution of Che Guevara (b. 1941)[48]
- 19 March – Ernesto Araníbar Quiroga, 71–72, minister of finance (1982–1983), minister of planning and coordination (1984) (b. 1951)[49]
References[edit]
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