For those unaware, Ghost Recon: Wildlands is a fictional account of a fearsome Mexican drug organization known as the Santa Blanca cartel enters Bolivia to turn it into a “narco-state” and manages to place roots of power in the government and hold sway over the country’s population. According to Bolivia’s interior Minister Carlos Romero, such a premise unfairly portrays the country, which could give the South American nation grounds to take legal action, with the government official saying, “We have the standing to do it [take legal action], but at first we prefer to go the route of diplomatic negotiation.”
Ubisoft, on the other hand, has stressed that Ghost Recon: Wildlands is simply a work of fiction, and it is not intending to be an accurate representation of the current state of Bolivia at all. While this may be the case – and it definitely comes off as the likeliest explanation – the Bolivian government doesn’t seem to be taking the publisher and developer’s use of its country in the game lightly, which has caused Ubisoft to release an official statement to Reuters, saying:
At the moment, the French embassy in La Paz has yet to respond to Bolivia’s complaint, but it will be interesting to see what the European country has to say regarding Ghost Recon: Wildland’s depiction of the South American nation. With any luck, this situation will be resolved amicably. Plus, for the sake of Ubisoft, it will be settled before the game’s launch next weeek.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands is set to release on March 7, 2017 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Source: Reuters
