Agro-environmental Court annuls judgment on a $61.6 million payment from Petrobras Bolivia

The First Chamber of the Agro-environmental Court annulled the sentence against Petrobras Bolivia, which ordered Petrobras Bolivia and its partners to pay $61.1 million to a family for the land where the San Alberto camp located. Source: El Deber

YPFB invests $37.2 million to increase its shares to almost 20% in Brazil’s TGB pipeline

YPFB Transporte S.A., through its subsidiary YPFB Transporte do Brasil, increased its shareholding in Transportadora Brasileira Gasoducto Bolivia-Brasil S.A. (TBG) from 12% to 19.88% with an investment of $37.2 million.

More than 3,000 physicians and health care workers have been working without pay for five months

More than 3,000 doctors and nurses of the public health system have not received their payments for the last five months. However, the Government assured that the Health Infrastructure and Medical Equipment Agency (Aisem) would pay the salaries in the following days.

Tarija’s power distribution company records accumulated losses of $12.9 mn

The distribution company Servicios Eléctricos de Tarija (Setar), which depends on the Government of Tarija, has more employees than other companies in the country and an economic loss of Bs 90 million ($12.9 mn) accumulated in recent years.