{"id":2152440,"date":"2026-09-19T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2152440"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:54:12","slug":"bolivia-slashes-diesel-subsidies-as-its-congress-ratifies-1-9-billion-imf-deal-to-ease-deep-economic-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2152440","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia slashes diesel subsidies as its Congress ratifies $1.9 billion IMF deal to ease deep economic crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/1200x675_cmsv2_0a99bed1-2bbd-5a3c-b4b0-26cc591551f9-9919681.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2926985-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2926985\" data-cid=\"9919727\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2926985-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/97\/27\/189x106_cmsv2_63b409a2-ed80-54db-a233-2ecceac35df0-9919727.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Ed Sheeran attends the Time100 Gala, in New York on April 24, 2025\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Culture news<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Ed Sheeran set to resume tour after Macklemore dropping debacle\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2926641-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2926641\" data-cid=\"9918787\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2926641-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/80\/80\/189x106_cmsv2_c94bb0e6-4683-5218-aae9-1100b6b50fc3-9918080.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Mark Carney greets Emmanuel Macron at the official welcome for the G7 summit on 16 June 2025 in Kananaskis, Canada.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    World News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Macron heading to Saint Pierre and Miquelon to meet with Carney\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2926864-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2926864\" data-cid=\"9919211\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2926864-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/92\/11\/189x106_cmsv2_5bd2574c-c0b7-574e-b16c-ba28bb4e3d42-9919211.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Who deserves a transplant? 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Cargolux is a cargo airline based out of Luxembourg airport.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Operations resume at Luxembourg airport after drones halt flights\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Bolivia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Bolivia slashes diesel subsidies as its Congress ratifies $1.9 billion IMF deal to ease deep economic crisis<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/1536x864_cmsv2_0a99bed1-2bbd-5a3c-b4b0-26cc591551f9-9919681.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Bolivia&apos;s President Rodrigo Paz arrive at Congress for the inauguration of Peru&apos;s new President Keiko Fujimori in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Bolivia&#8217;s President Rodrigo Paz arrive at Congress for the inauguration of Peru&#8217;s new President Keiko Fujimori in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspMalek Fouda\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1789800852\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-09-19 08:54:12 +02:00\">19\/09\/2026 &#8211; 8:54 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center 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class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Just hours after Congress approved the loan, President Rodrigo Paz announced an immediate end to subsidies for the diesel powering Bolivia\u2019s trucks, buses and tractors \u2014 a step towards meeting IMF demands.<\/p>\n<p>Gasoline, used mainly in private cars, would remain subsidised for now, though Paz had already scaled back that support in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The Bolivian Senate ratified the IMF agreement a day after the lower house approved it, clearing the final legislative hurdle for the three-year financing programme aimed at replenishing dwindling foreign reserves and stabilising an ailing economy marked by high inflation and weak growth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/808x539_cmsv2_939645d4-99fe-5a60-9e37-7f29a0086775-9919681.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher holds an empty pot during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">A teacher holds an empty pot during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Juan Karita\/Copyright 2026. The AP. All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The IMF first announced the staff-level agreement in July after months of negotiations with Paz\u2019s market-friendly government, which took power last year after nearly two decades of socialist rule as part of a wave of new Latin American leaders allied with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The programme still requires approval from the IMF\u2019s executive board before funds can be disbursed. Economy Minister Christian Morales told senators that the deal would give other lenders, including the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, greater confidence in the government and help it secure about $5 billion in additional financing.<\/p>\n<p>But the assistance is conditioned on tough economic measures, including the elimination of fuel subsidies, that threaten to reignite unrest in Bolivia, where weeks of road blockades in June and July paralysed much of the South American nation as protesters demanded Paz\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Congress on Thursday extended for another 90-days a state of emergency that Paz had declared to clear roads during the protests. It allows for military intervention and the suspension of some civil liberties to quell unrest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/808x539_cmsv2_5781e1fe-6fad-5797-ae13-413628beefbf-9919681.jpg\" alt=\"Police escort teachers during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police escort teachers during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Juan Karita\/Copyright 2026. 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All rights reserved<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bolivian Workers\u2019 Central, the country\u2019s main labour federation, and other unions have voiced fierce opposition to the IMF loan, warning that the government spending cuts required under the deal would drive up living costs and deepen hardship for low-income and struggling families.<\/p>\n<p>Although Paz\u2019s Christian Democratic Party lacks a majority in Congress, the centrist and right-wing lawmakers that dominate both chambers rallied behind the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Movement Toward Socialism, the party that dominated Bolivian politics after the former coca growers\u2019 union leader Evo Morales won the presidency in 2005, now holds just two of the 130 seats in the lower house and none in the 36-member Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Declining natural gas exports have deprived Bolivia of billions of dollars it had relied on previously to import gasoline and diesel, contributing to chronic fuel shortages that began in 2023 and have persisted under Paz.<\/p>\n<p>The Iran war dramatically surging global oil prices have made fuel subsidies even more burdensome and dug the country into a deeper financial hole.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/808x539_cmsv2_e78f5ea6-080d-535f-a7ad-bcb3dcb63d18-9919681.jpg\" alt=\"Teachers shout slogans during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Teachers shout slogans during an anti-government protest in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Juan Karita\/Copyright 2026. 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demands.Gasoline, used mainly in private cars, would remain subsidised for now, though Paz had already scaled back that support in recent months.The Bolivian Senate ratified the IMF agreement a day after the lower house approved it, clearing the final legislative hurdle for the three-year financing programme aimed at replenishing dwindling foreign reserves and stabilising an ailing economy marked by high inflation and weak growth.The IMF first announced the staff-level agreement in July after months of negotiations with Paz\u2019s market-friendly government, which took power last year after nearly two decades of socialist rule as part of a wave of new Latin American leaders allied with the Trump administration.The programme still requires approval from the IMF\u2019s executive board before funds can be disbursed. Economy Minister Christian Morales told senators that the deal would give other lenders, including the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, greater confidence in the government and help it secure about $5 billion in additional financing.But the assistance is conditioned on tough economic measures, including the elimination of fuel subsidies, that threaten to reignite unrest in Bolivia, where weeks of road blockades in June and July paralysed much of the South American nation as protesters demanded Paz\u2019s resignation.Congress on Thursday extended for another 90-days a state of emergency that Paz had declared to clear roads during the protests. It allows for military intervention and the suspension of some civil liberties to quell unrest.The Bolivian Workers\u2019 Central, the country\u2019s main labour federation, and other unions have voiced fierce opposition to the IMF loan, warning that the government spending cuts required under the deal would drive up living costs and deepen hardship for low-income and struggling families.Although Paz\u2019s Christian Democratic Party lacks a majority in Congress, the centrist and right-wing lawmakers that dominate both chambers rallied behind the deal.The Movement Toward Socialism, the party that dominated Bolivian politics after the former coca growers\u2019 union leader Evo Morales won the presidency in 2005, now holds just two of the 130 seats in the lower house and none in the 36-member Senate.Declining natural gas exports have deprived Bolivia of billions of dollars it had relied on previously to import gasoline and diesel, contributing to chronic fuel shortages that began in 2023 and have persisted under Paz.The Iran war dramatically surging global oil prices have made fuel subsidies even more burdensome and dug the country into a deeper financial hole.\u201cNo one can buy something expensive and sell it cheap,\u201d Paz said in his late-night declaration that diesel in Bolivia would now be sold at international prices.To cushion the blow, he announced about $79 million (\u20ac68.8m) in cash assistance for approximately 2.9 million Bolivians, along with loans on preferential terms for truckers, small businesses and producers facing the new higher diesel costs.He pledged to redirect subsidy spending toward schools, hospitals and roads.Paz also promised the change would end the country\u2019s persistent diesel shortages, which have disrupted harvests and delayed deliveries of imported goods.\u201cWith this measure, we guarantee supplies 24 hours a day, seven days a week,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/09\/19\/bolivia-slashes-diesel-subsidies-as-its-congress-ratifies-19-billion-imf-deal-to-ease-deep&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/91\/96\/81\/1200x675_cmsv2_0a99bed1-2bbd-5a3c-b4b0-26cc591551f9-9919681.jpg&#8221;] Culture news Ed Sheeran set to resume tour after Macklemore dropping debacle World News Macron heading to Saint Pierre and Miquelon to meet with Carney Health news Who deserves a transplant? 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