Former director of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) was under house arrest when he cut off his electronic ankle monitor and escaped by car to Paraguay, ultimately being captured at Asunción Airport while attempting to travel to El Salvador. Authorities noted he "sought to evade immigration controls by impersonating a Paraguayan citizen."

The meeting is set to take place next January just before the change of leadership in Chile, as José Kast continues his international tour with right and far-right presidents across Latin America.

Supreme Decree 5503, issued by Paz's government to combat a severe fiscal crisis, includes central measures such as reducing fuel subsidies, triggering an immediate rise in gasoline and diesel prices.

Marlon Ochoa, the principal advisor of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras, stated, 'The United States and the elites allied with organized crime want a president who responds to their interests, regardless of whether it arises from an electoral coup,' denouncing that the announcement of right-wing Asfura took place without completing the total vote count, without resolving thousands of challenges, and under external pressure.

In a joint declaration, the Frente Amplio from Chile, the Frente Amplio from Uruguay, PSOL from Brazil, Pacto Histórico from Colombia, and Nuevo Perú por el Buen Vivir accuse Washington of reviving the Monroe Doctrine to try to turn Latin America into a "battleground" for securing access to and control over strategic raw materials.

Union leaders exited the Casa Grande del Pueblo without any agreement after Rodrigo Paz's government refused to repeal Supreme Decree 5503, which eliminates fuel subsidies, a measure labeled a "fuel price hike" impacting the finances of workers and families in Bolivia.

Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasili Nebenzia, cautioned that U.S. actions represent "a clear signal to all countries in the region aspiring to follow a sovereign path and independently determine their economic, political, and cultural systems." He warned, "As soon as you try to do something for your people, you will be treated just as they are treating Venezuela now."

The tax was included in the 2026 Revenue Law. In place of this measure, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a "peace-building" campaign focusing on preventing addiction and eradicating the normalization of violent behaviors among children and adolescents.

"This is not the first time Western media has attempted to report our evacuation. Their dream is to see Venezuela rid of Russians and deprived of our strategic support to the people and the Bolivarian government. It is an unfulfilled frustrated dream," stated the Russian ambassador in Caracas, Mélik-Bagdasárov.

The Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), Bolivia's largest labor union, has announced a blockade around Plaza Murillo to protest Supreme Decree 5503, which removes fuel subsidies and is perceived as facilitating the privatization of strategic resources.