The press release itself only described Bolivia’s reforms in broad terms, saying President Rodrigo Paz had announced a “significant economic reforms package” to restore stability, prosperity, and investment after years of stagnation, corruption, and mismanagement. It praised his commitment to “meaningful reforms to attract international investment,” “openness to investment,” “sound economic management,” and “respect for the rule of law,” but did not list specific laws or measures.
Reporting on Paz’s package gives concrete examples: he moved to repeal Bolivia’s national wealth tax, scrap a 0.3% tax on everyday financial transactions, and cut total public spending by 30% by 2026, while seeking large multilateral loans to stabilize the economy and encourage private investment. These details come from news coverage of the reforms, not from the State Department press release itself.
The statement was a press statement issued by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It was originally released by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Spokesperson and is reproduced in full on the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia’s website, which credits it as: “Press Statement – Marco Rubio, Secretary of State.”
Yes. Besides the (currently erroring) main State Department page, the full text is officially mirrored by the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia. Major newswires also summarized or quoted from the statement when covering Bolivia’s reforms—for example, Reuters reported on the U.S. welcoming Paz’s reforms and cited Secretary Rubio’s line about “historic efforts to open Bolivia to the world” and attracting international investment. Other outlets then picked up those wire stories.
On the State Department site, “Exception: forbidden” is the message shown when the web server refuses to give you the page—typically corresponding to an HTTP 403 “Forbidden” error. In practice this means the server is blocking access (for example because of a permissions or security rule, or a temporary misconfiguration), not that the page has been deleted. It’s a technical access-denied message, not a statement about the content itself.
Yes. An official alternative copy of the full text is available on the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia’s website under the same title, “United States Welcomes Bolivia’s Economic Reforms.” That page reproduces the entire press statement, including the date (December 18, 2025) and attribution to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and cites the original State.gov URL as its source.
There is no public information on how long this specific State Department page will return a “forbidden” error; such issues can last from minutes to indefinitely, depending on the cause (permissions, security filters, or site configuration). The State Department does not provide user notifications for individual pages coming back online. To see when it’s fixed, you would need to periodically try loading the URL yourself or rely on alternative official mirrors like the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia’s copy of the statement.