“Bolivia needs to open up [bilateral relations] ... to all countries”
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Luis Arce
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian former politician, banker, and economist who served as the 67th president of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025. A member of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), he previously served as minister of finance—later minister of economy and public finance—from 2006 to 2017, and in 2019.
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politics · President of Bolivia from 2020 to 2025 · politician · economist · also Luis Arce, Arce
Born 28 September 1963 · Q16149892
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2026· 7 entries
“permanent and inalienable objectives of the Bolivian State”
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“s entire vaccinable population with two doses. On 11 February, a separate agreement between Bolivia and Sinopharm was reached, providing for the sale of 400,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine and an additional donation of another 100,000 doses. During a speech at the Ibero-American Summit held in Andorra, Arce called on World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization to release patents on vaccines and medications meant to combat COVID-19. He denounced the”
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“will not have any role in our government”
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“s primary opponent, conceded the election at a news conference, saying that initial counts showed a”
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unitel.bo: Fiscalía pide detención preventiva para exviceministro de Luis Arce acusado de dos delitos
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Los Tiempos: Aprehenden a un exviceministro de Luis Arce
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2023· 2 entries
Criticized Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war
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Exacerbated by decreased exports of natural gas and high inflation
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2022· 3 entries
“From the beginning, the Peruvian right tried to overthrow a government democratically elected by the people, by the humble classes seeking greater inclusion and social justice. We regret what has occurred in the sister Republic of Peru, to which we send all our solidarity”
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“no more excuses to continue paralyzing the economy”
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The Department of State published its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, in which it accused Arce's government of being "more interested in Áñez's imprisonment than in giving her a fair trial"
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2021· 3 entries
It was still significantly less than what Buenos Aires would've paid to import liquefied natural gas by ship
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Bolivia was excluded from the US-led Summit for Democracy—despite the participation of outwardly authoritarian regimes—and in 2022, Arce joined other Latin American leaders in boycotting the 9th Summit of the Americas if
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Had "managed to stabilize the economy [although] not make it grow", and that one of the president's main objectives in 2022 would be to conduct economic growth beyond pre-pandemic levels
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2020· 2 entries
Campaign: 2020 presidential election.
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Career landmark: president of Bolivia (2020–2025).
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2019· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Economy and Public Finance (2019–2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Ruled that Chile was not obligated to negotiate the issue
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2017· 1 entry
A decision criticized by Yungas farmers, who said the product was "surplus coca"
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2013· 1 entry
But was revealed to have been released in 2019 by Magistrate Rafael Alcón, who granted him house arrest on the grounds of good behavior and alleged incurable illness
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2011· 1 entry
The American Economy Magazine ranked Arce the region's 8th-best minister of the economy out of 18
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2009· 1 entry
During the Morales administration, but the Áñez administration had abolished it in June to reduce government expenditure
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Economy and Public Finance (2006–2017).
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Geant4—a simulation toolkit” in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment — cited 21,378 times.
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1991· 1 entry
Received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Higher University of San Andrés before completing his studies abroad at the University of Warwick at Coventry, United Kingdom, where he graduated in 1997 with a maste
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1987· 1 entry
At the Central Bank of Bolivia, where he spent much of his professional career
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1968· 1 entry
And graduating from high school in La Paz in 1980
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-09-28.
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