Bolivia's Labor Minister Rodriguez dies, authorities launch probe

(Reuters) -Bolivian Labor Minister Erland Rodriguez Lafuente has died, prompting authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, the government said on Saturday in a statement shared on social media.

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.

(Reporting by Deisy Buitrago in Caracas and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by William Mallard)

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