MEXICO CITY (S&P Global Ratings) Dec. 17, 2019--Following a recent review of its Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment (BICRA) on Bolivia (BB-/Negative/B), S&P Global Ratings revised its BICRA economic risk trend to negative from stable. Our revision doesn't result in a weaker economic risk assessment, change in Bolivia's BICRA group, or of its current 'bb-' anchor. The trend revision also doesn't immediately affect any of our ratings on Bolivia-based banks. However, today we assigned a negative outlook on domestic banks we rate in the country following a similar action on the sovereign rating. Our revision of our BICRA economic risk trend to negative reflects that the uncertainty caused by the national elections this year, followed by protests and a change
