This archive report was first published on 20 July 2020.
La Paz, Bolivia - July 20, 2020
The Bolivian Football Federation has lost its president, Cesar Salinas, who died on Sunday after being hospitalized with COVID-19 earlier this month.
Salinas, 58, had chaired the federation since 2018 and was a director of The Strongest, a century-old Bolivian soccer institution in La Paz.
His wife, who is also the head of The Strongest, tested positive for COVID-19.
"My condolences to the family and friends of Cesar Salinas, president of the Bolivian Football Federation. They have all my support in these hard times," wrote interim president Jeanine Anez on Twitter.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) expressed its regret over Salinas' death, saying, "Conmebol and the South American soccer family deeply regret the death."
AFP
