The following is a chronology of notable events from the year 2024 in
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
.
Incumbents
National government
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President
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Luis Arce
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism (Bolivia), Movement fo ...
(
MAS)
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Vice President
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David Choquehuanca
David Choquehuanca Céspedes (born 7 May 1961) is a Bolivian diplomat, peasant leader, politician, and trade unionist serving as the 39th vice president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism, he previously served as min ...
(
MAS)
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President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice: Ricardo Torres
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President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal:
Oscar Hassenteufel
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President of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal: Paul Franco
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President of the Senate
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The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's Order of succession, succes ...
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Andrónico Rodríguez
Andrónico Rodríguez Ledezma (born 11 November 1988) is a Bolivian '' cocalero'' activist, political scientist, politician, and trade unionist serving as president of the Senate since 2020. He serves as senator for Cochabamba. Rodríguez's le ...
(
MAS)
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President of the Chamber of Deputies:
Jerges Mercado (
PCB
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Assembly:
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Events
March
* March 23 – Bolivian census of 2024
June
* June 26 –
2024 Bolivian coup attempt: President
Luis Arce
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora (; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism (Bolivia), Movement fo ...
accuses
Bolivian Army
The Bolivian Army () is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of Bolivia.
Figures on the size and composition of the Bolivian army vary considerably, with little official data available. It is estimated that the army has between 26,000 and 6 ...
commanding general
Juan José Zúñiga of plotting a
coup and calls for a general strike and blocking of roads to prevent it, leading to its failure and Zúñiga’s arrest later that day.
July
*July 1 – Bolivia summons its ambassador to
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
after the latter’s president,
Javier Milei
Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La Libertad ...
calls the recent
2024 Bolivian coup attempt "fraudulent" and implies that it was staged.
*July 15 – President Arce announces the discovery of
natural gas
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reserves with an estimated volume of 1.7 trillion cubic meters at the Mayaya X-1 field north of
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
.
*July 21 – A bus heading to Chile collides head-on with a truck on a highway between
Patacamaya and the Chilean town of
Tambo Quemado, killing at least 22 people and injuring 16 others.
September
*September 17 – The
March to Save Bolivia, a weeklong nationwide anti-government protest called on by former president
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come ...
, begins. At least 34 people are subsequently injured in clashes during the event.
October
* 8 October –
South Africa's genocide case against Israel
The ''Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel)'' is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 by Sou ...
: Bolivia intervenes in the genocide case on the side of
South Africa
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.
* 27 October – Former president Evo Morales claims that he had survived an assassination attempt against him near a military garrison in
Villa Tunari
Villa Tunari or Tunari is a location in the department of Cochabamba Department, Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is the seat of the Villa Tunari Municipality, the third Municipalities of Bolivia, municipal section of the Chapare Province. According to t ...
following a gun attack on his vehicle that injured his driver.
November
* 1 November –
**Three military garrisons are seized by Evo Morales supporters in
Chapare Province.
**Evo Morales begins a hunger strike demanding that the Arce government engage in dialogue.
* 8 November – The
Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal bars Evo Morales from running again for president in the
2025 Bolivian general election
General elections are scheduled to take place in Bolivia on 17 August 2025. If no candidate secures a majority, a second round will take place on 19 October 2025. Voters will elect the President of Bolivia and Vice President of Bolivia, 130 memb ...
, citing his already exceeding the two-term limit.
* 27 November – The
Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Bolivia allows the extradition of former anti-narcotics agency head
Maximiliano Dávila-Perez to the United States, where he is indicted on
cocaine
Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
smuggling and possession of machine guns. His extradition is finalized on 12 December.
December
* 15 December –
2024 Bolivian judicial election
The 2024 Bolivian judicial election is scheduled to be held on 15 December 2024.
Background
The mandate of high judicial authorities who took office in 2018 ended on 31 December 2023. The judicial election system is controversial.
More than 7.3 ...
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* 16 December – An arrest warrant is issued against Evo Morales on charges of "trafficking" a 15-year old girl when he was president.
Deaths
Arts and entertainment
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List of Bolivian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Holidays
* 1 January – New Year holidays
* 22 January –
Plurinational State Day
* 12–13 February –
Carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival typi ...
* 29 March –
Good Friday
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* 1 May –
Labour Day
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* 30 May –
Corpus Christi
* 21 June –
Aymara New Year
* 6 August –
National Day
* 2 November –
All Souls' Day
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* 25 December –
Christmas Day
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References
External links
Online calendar*
{{Year in South America, 2024
2020s in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
Years of the 21st century in Bolivia