2025 in Bolivia

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The following is a chronology of notable events from the year 2025 in Bolivia.

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National government

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Events

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January

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  • 17 January – A court in Tarija orders the arrest of former president Evo Morales for the statutory rape of a 16-year old girl in 2016.[1]
  • 26 January – A bus overturns in Potosi Department, killing 19 people and injuring nine others.[2]

February

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  • 17 February – A bus falls into a precipice in Yocalla Municipality, killing 31 people and injuring 14 others.[3]
  • 24 February – The Mutun steel plant megaproject is inaugurated in Puerto Suarez.[4]

March

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  • 1 March – Two buses collide near Uyuni, killing 37 people and injuring 39 others.[5]
  • 3 March – A bus is hit by a truck and falls off a ravine in Lenas, Potosí Department, killing 31 people and injuring 22 others.[6]
  • 12 March – A bus crashes into a rock and veers off a road in Potosí Department, killing 13 people and injuring 20 others.[7]
  • 26 March – A nationwide state of emergency is declared by President Luis Arce due to floods that have left 51 people dead since November 2024 and affected 380,000 families.[8][9]

April

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May

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June

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  • 12 June – Five people are killed nationwide during protests by supporters of Evo Morales.[15]

August

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September

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  • 2 September – Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: A court sentences two Spanish Jesuit priests to one year imprisonment for covering up 85 cases of child sex abuse by a deceased colleague from 1972 to 2000, in Bolivia’s first successful criminal prosecution against high-ranking Jesuits implicated in concealing abuse cases.[19]
  • 3 September – The United States deports former interior minister Arturo Murillo to Bolivia, where he is wanted on multiple charges including illegally importing weapons to crimes against humanity for overseeing the crackdown on the 2019 Bolivian protests.[20] He is placed under arrest upon arrival in Santa Cruz Department the next day and transported to La Paz.[21]

Scheduled

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Arts and entertainment

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Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Bolivia

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Bolivian judge orders the arrest of former President Morales in sex abuse case". AP News. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Bus Crash In Southern Bolivia Leaves 19 Dead". Barron's. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Bus crash in Bolivia kills over 30 people". VOA. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Bolivia inaugurates steel plant built with Chinese loan". France 24. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ^ "At least 37 people killed and 39 wounded as two buses collide in Bolivia". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  6. ^ "At least 31 die in Bolivia after truck rams into bus". Reuters. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  7. ^ "Bus crash in Bolivia leaves at least 13 dead, 20 injured". Japan Today. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Bolivia declares state of emergency to combat floods". France 24. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  9. ^ Machiaco, Monica; Villegas, Alexander (26 March 2025). "Bolivia declares emergency after floods kill over 50". Reuters. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  10. ^ "An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people". AP News. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Gazprom Abandons Bolivia's Azero Project After 16 Years of Unfulfilled Promises". The Moscow Times. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  12. ^ ""Acepto este mandato popular": Andrónico anuncia su candidatura presidencial". Correo del Sur. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Presidente boliviano Luis Arce anuncia que no buscará la reelección en comicios de agosto". AP News (in Spanish). 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  14. ^ "A leader of the largest crime organization in Brazil arrested in Bolivia, authorities say". AP News. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Bolivia police officer blown up by pro-Morales demonstrators". RTL. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Bolivia lanzará hoy cruzada hacia el Bicentenario de 2025". Agencia Boliviana de Información. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Two decades of leftwing dominance end in Bolivia as rightwingers head to election runoff". The Guardian. 18 August 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Bolivian court orders the release of a prominent right-wing opposition leader". AP News. 27 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Bolivia sentences priests for concealing decades of child sex abuse". CTV News. 2 September 2025.
  20. ^ "US deports Bolivia's ex-interior minister to face charges for corruption and protester killings". AP News. 4 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Former interior minister arrested upon arrival in Bolivia after deportation from US". AP News. 5 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Bolivia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  23. ^ María Silvia Trigo (2 September 2025). "Bolivia: Murió Percy Fernández, el seis veces alcalde y "constructor" de Santa Cruz de la Sierra". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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