x     Bolivia was granted a US$550 million loan as part of a program to support the country's economic recovery, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) said on Monday in a statement from its Southern Region's headquarters in Montevideo. The move becomes the first concrete operation under the Economic Recovery Support Program (PAREC) CAF President Sergio Díaz-Granados recently presented to Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira. Bolivia is “a strategic partner of the first order” and a