Overall Orange alert Drought for Bolivia-2023
in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016612
Name: Bolivia-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000191-BOL
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay
Start Date: End of Aug 2023
Duration: 101 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319815 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Gobierno defiende artículo que permite aprobar $us 700 millones en cré.. 1/3/2024 10:29:00 PM.

03/01/2024 - 17:00:17 Los Tiempos.- El ministro de Economía, Marcelo Montenegro, justificó el artículo 8 del Presupuesto General del Estado (PGE) 2024 que permite al Ejecutivo contraer deuda internacional por un valor hasta de 700.000.000 d
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Gobierno defiende artículo que permite aprobar $us 700 millones en cré.. 1/3/2024 8:35:00 PM.

El ministro de Economía, Marcelo Montenegro, justificó el artículo 8 del Presupuesto General del Estado (PGE) 2024 que permite al Ejecutivo contraer deuda internacional por un valor hasta de 700.000.000 de dólares para atender contingencias
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Bolivia reports second lowest inflation in South America 12/22/2023 6:39:00 AM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),