Bolivia's Labor Minister Rodriguez dies, authorities launch probe
President Luis Arce said on Facebook that Rodriguez had always showed his commitment to the Bolivian people.
Rodriguez, appointed labor minister in August last year, had previously worked as a lawyer and in the Attorney General's Office.
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