Bolivia. – Bolivian President Evo Morales highlighted today the progress of national economy, which succeeded in placing the country as the first growing in South America in 2016.

Last year Bolivia reported an increase of 4.3 percent of Gross Domestic Product, and its Central Bank projects growing almost 4.7, and an inflation less than five percent.

During the opening ceremony of Lagunillas Dam, in the department of Chuquisaca, Evo Morales recalled that in eleven years they have done what other governments could not, thanks to the unity of the Bolivian people.

The South American country works in the fulfillment of the 2025 Patriotic Agenda, which aims to eradicate poverty, to universalize basic services and health care, and to industrialize natural resources.