2026 in Bolivia
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- President: Rodrigo Paz
- Vice President: Edmand Lara
- President of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice: Romer Saucedo
- President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal: Gustavo Ávila
- President of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal: Paola Verónica Prudencio Candia
- President of the Senate: Diego Ávila
- President of the Chamber of Deputies: Roberto Castro Salazar
- Assembly: 4th Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia
Events
January
- 9 January – Mauricio Aramayo, an aide to president Paz, is shot dead in Tarija.[1]
- 12 January – A bus crashes in Santa Cruz Department, killing 11 people and injuring three others.[2]
February
- 2 February – A nationwide ban on the usage of cellphones in classrooms comes into effect.[3]
- 6–22 February – Bolivia at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- 8 February – A bus falls down a 100 m (330 ft) ravine in Eliodoro Camacho Province, killing 10 people.[4]
- 27 February – A C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Bolivian Air Force overshoots the runway while landing at El Alto International Airport near La Paz and collides with several vehicles, killing at least 22 people and injuring 29 others.[5]
March
- 13 March – Authorities arrest suspected Uruguayan drug cartel leader Sebastián Marset during a police operation in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Marset, who is wanted by several countries and has a US$2 million reward linked to money laundering allegations, is detained along with four other individuals.[6]
- 22 March – 2026 Bolivian regional elections (first round)
April
- 14 April – A bus plunges into a ravine in Apolo, La Paz, killing six people and injuring 14 others.[7]
- 19 April – 2026 Bolivian regional elections (second round)
Arts and entertainment
Holidays
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- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 22 January – Plurinational State Day
- 16-17 February – Carnival
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 4 June – Corpus Christi
- 21 June – Aymara New Year
- 6 Augusy – National Day
- 2 November – All Souls' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
