LatinNews Daily - 27 March 2017

Bolivia: On 19 March Bolivia’s foreign ministry welcomed a US delegation headed up by US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Michael J Fitzpatrick to discuss the possibility of restoring diplomatic bilateral relations, which have been severed since 2008. A report by Bolivian state media Abi notes that this is the first attempt by the new US government led by President Donald Trump to approach the Bolivian government led by President Evo Morales to improve ties. The Abi report notes that Fitzpatrick met with three Bolivian deputy foreign ministers and discussed the possibility of establishing working groups on “issues of mutual benefit”. Despite the lack of diplomatic ties, the US remains Bolivia’s second-largest export market after Brazil on official figures from Bolivia, accounting for 13.62% of Bolivia’s total exports (worth US$7.2bn) in 2016.

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