A delegation from the International Monetary Fund is in Bolivia carrying out technical consultations with officials and business representatives, an IMF spokesperson confirmed. The mission arrived in the country last week and has scheduled stops in both Santa Cruz and La Paz as part of its program of meetings.
The IMF team is engaging with public sector counterparts and private sector actors during its stay. Those discussions are being conducted in the context of broader fiscal planning; Bolivia's Finance Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza has said that an IMF program could make available between $2.6 billion and $3 billion to the country over the coming three years.
The visit takes place after a period of demonstrations by Bolivia's cooperative miners in La Paz. According to the reporting, the miners concluded their protests after reaching agreements with government authorities.
Details on the agenda and the specific technical subjects to be covered by the IMF mission were not provided in the confirmation. The spokesperson's statement limited itself to confirming the mission's presence and the planned itinerary, which includes the two principal cities named.
The finance ministry's indication of potential funding from an IMF program specifies a projected range of $2.6 billion to $3 billion over three years. The statement attributes the funding estimate to the finance minister but does not set out program terms, timing, or conditionality in the reporting.
The recent conclusion of cooperative-miners' protests is noted as antecedent to the IMF team's arrival. The article states that miners ended demonstrations after reaching agreements with the government, but it does not detail the content of those agreements or their duration.
Overall, the reporting confirms the presence of the IMF technical mission, its engagements with both public and private sector participants, the cities included in its itinerary, the finance minister's assessment of potential funding, and the fact that the miners' protests have concluded following government accords.