Politics: La Paz
Key Facts
—Reshuffle. President Rodrigo Paz cut his cabinet from 14 to 12 ministries on 3 August, replacing the foreign minister and the minister of the presidency.
—UN break. Samuel Doria Medina’s Unidad Nacional, Paz’s main ally, confirmed a definitive break with the government on 1 August, citing slow governance and weak anti-corruption action.
—New foreign minister. Héctor Huanca, previously a consular-affairs vice minister, was named to lead the Foreign Ministry.









