Overview
- In his first week in office, President Rodrigo Paz said investigators uncovered irregularities exceeding $15 billion across two decades of MAS governments.
- He highlighted a €360 million radar purchase that he says has not functioned for more than ten years as a flagship example.
- The administration reports a fuel-diversion network involving the Hydrocarbons Ministry, YPFB and the ANH, with a tanker seized in El Alto and initial arrests reported.
- Authorities say formal cases will be filed once evidence is certified, pledge no impunity, and plan to digitalize all state economic processes to prevent new abuses.
- The claims unfold during a severe economic crunch with fuel shortages, 18.33% inflation through September and a parallel dollar rate far above the official level, even as officials cite early stabilization signs.