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Andean Group - March 2012 (ISSN 1741-4466)

BOLIVIA: Tentative moves toward rapprochement with the US

Last month saw the first meeting between US and Bolivian high-level officials since the striking of the November 2011 accord aimed at restoring bilateral relations [RA-11-12]. While US aid was pledged and further efforts to discuss trade have since taken place, the lack of progress on a key Bolivian demand – the extradition of former president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1993-1997, 2002-2003) - the failure to name a date for the exchange of ambassadors and renewed US-baiting by President Evo Morales suggest the process of repairing relations is likely to be lengthy.

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