🇧🇴🔥📹 Units of Bolivian Armed Forces are seen throwing tear gas at supporters of the MAS Regime at the streets of La Paz

🇧🇴🪖📹 — MAS Regime-affiliated Media, Kawsachun News, Journalist reports that Luis Arce sworn in new military commanders amid an ongoing coup attempt in Bolivia carried out by factions of the armed forces inside the Presidential Palace, which is cordoned by the military.

🔗 Camila (@camilapress)

🇧🇴🇧🇴❌🇧🇴 — New Army Commander General José Wilson Sánchez, placed by Arce minutes ago:

I request, order and order that all personnel who are mobilized in the streets must return to their unit's barracks

🇧🇴🇧🇴❌🇧🇴 — Bolivian Media reports that clerks inside the Quemado Palace are barricading themselves with the help of furniture to prevent the military from entering by force again.

🔗 ERBOL (@ErbolDigital)

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— Coup d'état became a public holiday in Bolivia 🙂

🇧🇴— URGENT: The new command of the Bolivian Army detains General Juan José Zúñiga, head of the attempted coup d'état in Bolivia.

According to military sources, he was seeking refuge in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, the capital and zone of opposition to Luis Arce's government.

🇧🇴🪖⚠️— General Juan José Zuñiga, who led the attempted coup in Bolivia, stated that it was all a setup by President Luis Arce, a 'passive ally' of Evo Morales, to gain more popularity.

"The president asked me to do something to raise his popularity [...] and he told me to bring out the armored vehicles!"

🚨🚨 Another Satoshi era #Bitcoin  💰 wallet just moved $3 million worth of BTC from 2010.

The owner of the wallet hodled from $0.10 to $60,000.

@News_Crypto

🇧🇴❗️ — Crisis in Bolivia: Business leaders urge Luis Arce to implement regulatory changes to reverse the “critical situation” of natural gas

➡️ The Bolivian Chamber of Hydrocarbons and Energy (CBHE) has warned about the "critical situation" in the sector due to the decline in natural gas production and royalties. They have also asked the government of Luis Arce for regulatory changes to encourage investments in exploration and exploitation.

📝 The CBHE expressed its "concern" over the progressive decline in gas production and stated that there is a "critical situation," despite efforts by companies and the state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) to develop projects to mitigate this decline.

🔽 Bolivia's natural gas production decreased from about 22,187 million cubic meters (mm3) in 2014 to 13,390 mm3 in 2023, while export royalties fell from more than $6 billion in 2014 to $2.043 billion last year, according to official data.

⌛ The Arce government has been implementing the ‘Upstream Reactivation Plan (exploration and production)’ for several years. This plan includes 42 exploratory projects in various regions to increase hydrocarbon production, which could yield positive results in the future.

💸 Some experts have warned that the shortage of fuels and the rising cost of some foods are due to the lack of dollars, which is caused by the drop in income from natural gas exports.

Recently, Bolivian President Luis Arce faced criticism for saying that natural gas, which had been the country's economic mainstay for several years, "has been exhausted" and blamed previous administrations for not conducting new explorations.

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🇸🇻⚡️❌🌈 — Nayib Bukele on 𝕏:

At this moment, the new Minister of Culture, Raúl Castillo, will proceed with the dismissal of more than 300 employees from the Ministry, who promote agendas that are not compatible with the vision of this Government.

Additionally, we will save public funds in the process.

The people have chosen a path, and that is the path we will take.

Bitter medicine 🇸🇻

@nayibbukele 🖇

🇲🇽🇨🇳Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Chinese lithium firm

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that his government will seek an agreement with Chinese lithium miner Ganfeng while still defending Mexico's rights, after the firm filed an arbitration case over a disputed concession.

Lopez Obrador did not flesh out a potential agreement that could resolve the dispute, but instead stressed his government's successful push in 2022 to nationalize Mexico's lithium industry, which reserves the mineral's future production for the state.

The president suggested the dispute with Ganfeng traces back to confusion over how concessions were granted by previous governments.

🗣"That's because we believe that the country had previously given out, and we think gave out (mining concessions) in a generic way, not specifically for lithium but instead for mining and we don't think it applies," he said.

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#Mexico #China #resources

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🇧🇴🤝💰 Bolivia Lifts Ban on Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

According to PANews, Bolivia has lifted its ban on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The prohibition, which was put into effect in December 2020, has now been officially revoked by the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) on June 26. The bank has announced that financial institutions are now permitted to engage in cryptocurrency transactions.

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/2024-06-27-bolivia-lifts-ban-on-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies-10055692981314

https://www.bcb.gob.bo/webdocs/11_comunicados/CP_35%20NormativaActivosVirtuales.pdf

@FelipeChannel

🇺🇸🗳📹 — At the end of the debate, US President Joe Biden fails and falls over his own closing statement to the public