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Events in the year 2021 in Bolivia .

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia

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  2. ↑ "Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as virus overwhelms hospitals". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors". msn.com. AFP. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "El personal sanitario de Bolivia anunció un paro general en respuesta a la promulgación de la Ley de Emergencia Sanitaria". infobae (in European Spanish). 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Accidente de ruta en Bolivia deja 20 muertos". msn.com. AP. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Tragedia en la universidad boliviana: arrestaron a tres estudiantes que organizaron la asamblea que terminó con seis muertos". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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  9. ↑ "Escándalo en Bolivia: los escoltas de Evo Morales visten uniformes del régimen de Maduro". infobae (in European Spanish). 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Edgar Pary Chambi jura como nuevo Ministro de Educación". Erbol (in Spanish). Erbol. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Murió Osvaldo Peredo, último de tres hermanos que combatieron junto al "Che" Guevara". telam.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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  14. ↑ Muere ‘El Mallku’, el último insurrecto de Bolivia (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ "Fallece el maestro Gil Imaná, pintor y muralista sucrense". correodelsur.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "La reconocida cantante Luisa Molina fallece a causa de la Covid-19". paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "Fallece Jaime Junaro, la voz de Savia Nueva" . El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Fallece Moisés Torres Ramírez, periodista y presentador de televisión de Sucre (in Spanish)
  19. ↑ Atahuichi, Rubén (24 September 2021). "Conmoción por la muerte del economista y exprefecto paceño Pablo Ramos". La Razón (in Spanish). La Paz. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Muere el diplomático Agustín Saavedra Weise". Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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