Overview

• Two Bolivian internationals tested positive for banned substances in early 2025 matches, with Ramiro Vaca suspended for Ostarine and Boris Céspedes admitting to using acetazolamide.
• CONMEBOL’s disciplinary commission has launched an official investigation into samples from Bolivia’s games against Chile, Uruguay and Colombia.
• FIFA’s anti-doping unit is examining if the infractions were individual lapses or part of federation-sanctioned medical protocols.
• Bolivia currently sits eighth in the CONMEBOL qualifiers with 17 points and would be mathematically eliminated if docked seven points.
• A ruling is expected imminently and could alter the allocation of South America’s six direct World Cup berths and one playoff spot.