{"id":2520792,"date":"2025-12-13T07:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolivian-foreign-minister-says-countrys-arms-are-open-to-us\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:37:50","slug":"bolivian-foreign-minister-says-countrys-arms-are-open-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bolivian-foreign-minister-says-countrys-arms-are-open-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivian foreign minister says country&#8217;s &#8216;arms are open&#8217; to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbolivian-foreign-minister-says-countrys-arms-are-open-to-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Bolivia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-sworn-in-utah-rep-celeste-maloy-already-faces-possible-gop-2024-challenger\/\" title=\"Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy may have a GOP challenger for 2024\">recent political shift<\/a> with the election of President Rodrigo Paz Pereira,ending decades of socialist governance.The new Christian Democratic administration aims to reduce Bolivia&#8217;s isolation by fostering cooperation with the United States and tackling entrenched issues like corruption, narcotrafficking, and economic instability. Bolivian Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo,during a visit to Washington,D.C.,emphasized welcoming U.S. investment and tourism while calling for a reciprocal partnership. The administration rejects ideological rigidity in favor of pragmatic, moral principles to rebuild the country. Bolivia aligns closely with the Trump administration&#8217;s national Security Strategy, particularly its focus on combating organized crime, migration, and foreign influence in the Western Hemisphere. The new government has lifted visa restrictions for U.S. citizens and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-stauffer-the-world-is-watching-as-democrats-undermine-america-from-within\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Stauffer: The World Is Watching as Democrats Undermine America From Within\">reestablished diplomatic relations<\/a> with Israel, signaling a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pragmatic foreign policy shift<\/a>. While maintaining dialog with China, Bolivia remains cautious of its economic influence.Aramayo envisions Bolivia as a model for democratic reform in the region, aiming to successfully dismantle the narco-state legacy and inspire similar changes across South America.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bolivian foreign minister says &lsquo;arms are open&rsquo; to US and approves of Trump strategy in South America<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2442054\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latin-america\/\">Bolivia<\/a> has elected its first non-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\">socialist<\/a> government in decades, and the new administration has a very simple vision: less isolation, more cooperation with the United States, and a dismantled narco-state.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, leader of the Christian Democratic Party, took office on Nov. 8 after winning a landslide election in October. His rise ended rival party Movement for Socialism&rsquo;s domination of the government since 2005.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3916343\/trump-thailand-cambodia-conflict-cease-both-sides-ready-peace\/\">Trump says Thailand-Cambodia conflict will &#8216;cease&#8217; as both sides &#8216;are ready for peace&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3916066\/trump-administration-ends-temporary-protected-status-ethiopia\/\">Trump administration ends temporary protected status for Ethiopians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3915919\/putin-offers-solidarity-for-venezuelan-people-as-tensions-mount-between-maduro-and-us\/\">Putin offers &lsquo;solidarity&rsquo; for Venezuelan people as tensions mount between Maduro and US<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> spoke with newly appointed Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo on Friday at the tail end of his first-ever trip to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> Bouncing from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\">State Department<\/a> meetings to media interviews, his message to the U.S. public is one of renewed friendship and shared opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To the American people &hellip; our arms are open, and we extend our hand,&rdquo; Aramayo told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s 50% of the relationship. We need to receive responses. U.S. citizens are welcome &hellip; not only to visit Bolivia as a tourist, but also to invest in Bolivia. And we need those kind of responses in the short term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in at a ceremony in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (Luis Gandarillas\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;You can feel confident that Bolivia will respect all the agreements that we are building right now,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We need to show to the world that this alliance between Bolivia and U.S. has impact in the short term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bolivian officials have inherited a world-class disaster of an economy. Breadlines are common, the government has entangled itself in subsidies for critical products such as fuel, and the treasury is experiencing a crippling shortage of U.S. dollars.`<\/p>\n<p>A slew of political oracles in the U.S. and elsewhere have tried to prognosticate the ideology the Paz administration will embrace in the post-socialist era. The freshly elected government has been variously characterized as centrist, reformist, and right-wing.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Aramayo, the Bolivian government is avoiding ideological rigidity, which he believes created the deeply corrupt state they are inheriting, instead sticking to pragmatic &ldquo;moral principles&rdquo; for reviving the failed state.<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> administration is seen as its most crucial partner in that effort. The White House released its updated National Security Strategy on Dec. 4, laying out a short, unambiguous vision for an alliance of self-interested governments joined in a transnational fight against organized crime, mass migration, and foreign influence.<\/p>\n<p>The NSS pays particular attention to the Western Hemisphere, where its main goal moving forward is to &ldquo;enlist and expand&rdquo; with a &ldquo;Trump Corollary&rdquo; to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/monroe-doctrine\">Monroe Doctrine of 1823<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters line up at a polling station during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-socialist-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-wins-brazil-presidential-election\/\" title=\"Corrupt Socialist Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva Wins Brazil Presidential ...\">presidential runoff election<\/a> in Achacachi, Bolivia, Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo\/Juan Karita)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We will <em>enlist<\/em> established friends in the Hemisphere to control migration, stop <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/narco-trafficking\/\">drug flows<\/a>, and strengthen stability and security on land and sea,&rdquo; the document states. &ldquo;We will <em>expand<\/em> by cultivating and strengthening new partners while bolstering our own nation&rsquo;s appeal as the Hemisphere&rsquo;s economic and security partner of choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bolivia is a prime candidate for U.S. support as the latest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-america\/\">South American<\/a> country to break away from the socialist status quo, and Aramayo is bullish on its future if a partnership with the U.S. focuses on commonsense goals.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you analyze the security strategy that U.S. has presented recently &hellip; we are a key player to implement that kind of strategy,&rdquo; Aramayo told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a situation in which we share principles. It&rsquo;s not possible to be in favor of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/corruption\/\">corruption<\/a> or cartels or illicit economies or organized crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In terms of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a>, for example, or in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nicaragua\/\">Nicaragua<\/a> or other countries, we can be part of a coalition with other countries, including America, to strengthen the capacity that Venezuela would have to create conditions for democratic transition,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We believe that dialogue and the possibility of mediat[ion] in that kind of situation is something that Bolivia can implement in a very, very strong way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Many foreign countries, particularly those in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\">European Union<\/a>, have balked at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">national security strategy<\/a> as a heavy-handed encroachment on their sovereignty. Overtures from Trump calling for Europe to &ldquo;regain its civilizational self-confidence&rdquo; and &ldquo;correct its current trajectory&rdquo; are seen less as affectionate olive branches and more as a foot in the door to trans-Atlantic domination.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People line up to buy &ldquo;battle bread&rdquo; outside Nora Vargas bakery in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo\/Juan Karita)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bolivia, however, has suffered politically and economically by keeping the U.S. at a distance for over two decades. Successive socialist regimes have fluctuated from tepid friendship with the White House to outright hostility.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2007, U.S. citizens wishing to visit Bolivia have required a visa, a situation that Aramayo called &ldquo;an ideological position without content.&rdquo; That visa restriction has now been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you add all the money that we have lost because of that kind of decisions &hellip; we lost something like $900,000,000 USD,&rdquo; Aramayo lamented. &ldquo;The U.S. is one of the most important economies in the planet. The relevance that U.S. has politically for South America and for all the planets is also something that is well known, so we are clear on that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is not the only bilateral relationship ended by past administrations that Paz&rsquo;s government is reactivating. The Bolivian foreign ministry reestablished diplomatic relations with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> this week, drawing ire from some critics who consider it a betrayal of the socialists&rsquo; solidarity with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\">Palestinians<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Aramayo thinks that&rsquo;s absurd. &ldquo;People are more concentrated now on emotional and overly ideological positions and not analyzing what is going on realistically,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not supposed to interrupt our relationships with countries that represent values and share goals like Israel &hellip; We have these kind of relationships from a long time ago, and those relationships have been interrupted just under an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ideological-issues\/\">ideological argument<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz walks past members of the security forces after his swearing-in ceremony in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo\/Freddy Barragan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bilateral relations and increased presence on the global stage are a cornerstone of Bolivia&rsquo;s comeback plan to &ldquo;increase their capacity&rdquo; and become a more self-confident negotiator.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if this pan-global campaign to build friendships extends to rival powers such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>, Aramayo said he has already met with Chinese officials, and the administration is happy to have a &ldquo;respectful dialogue,&rdquo; but he&rsquo;s wary of their track record.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m an economist.&#8233;And dramatically, if you see what China represents for the last 20 years in Bolivia, was a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debt\/\">debt<\/a> that represents 13% of our total bilateral debt,&rdquo; Aramayo told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;So we can have better agreements with China &hellip; but at the present, China, they don&rsquo;t represent for us benefits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3901150\/colombian-president-claims-trumps-venezuela-fight-about-oil-instead-of-drugs\/\">COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT CLAIMS TRUMP&rsquo;S VENEZUELA FIGHT IS &lsquo;ABOUT OIL&rsquo; INSTEAD OF DRUGS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aramayo hopes that the new era of Bolivian politics can inspire its neighbors to adopt similar reforms to lessen the influence of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cartels\/\">cartels<\/a> and corruption on the continent more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We could represent, in the short term, a laboratory of success &mdash; because we can prove to the region and to the world that to defeat 20 years of a narco-state is possible democratically,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bolivia&#8217;s foreign minister welcomes US ties, backs Trump plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2520793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25312634410513.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32950,50462,47500],"class_list":["post-2520792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bolivia","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-us-relations"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25312634410513.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520796,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520792\/revisions\/2520796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}