The 1996 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ of country:

       conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia

       conventional short form: Bolivia

       local long form: Republica de Bolivia

       local short form: Bolivia

      Data code: BL

      Type of government: republic

      Capital: La Paz (seat of government); Sucre (legal capital and seat of judiciary)

      Administrative divisions: 9 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija

      Independence: 6 August 1825 (from Spain)

      National holiday: Independence Day, 6 August (1825)

      Constitution: 2 February 1967

      Legal system: based on Spanish law and Napoleonic Code; has not

       accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21

       years of age, universal and compulsory (single)

      Executive branch:

       chief of state and head of government: President Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE

       LOZADA Bustamente (since 6 August 1993) and Vice President Victor

       Hugo CARDENAS Conde (since 6 August 1993) were elected for four-year

       terms by popular vote; election last held 6 June 1993 (next to be

       held NA May 1997); results - Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA (MNR) 34%,

       Hugo BANZER Suarez (ADN/MIR alliance) 20%, Carlos PALENQUE Aviles

       (CONDEPA) 14%, Max FERNANDEZ Rojas (UCS) 13%, Antonio ARANIBAR

       Quiroga (MBL) 5%; no candidate received a majority of the popular

       vote; Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA won a congressional runoff election

       on 4 August 1993 after forming a coalition with Max FERNANDEZ and

       Antonio ARANIBAR; FERNANDEZ died in a plane crash 26 November 1995

       cabinet: Cabinet was appointed by the president from panel of

       candidates proposed by the Senate

      Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional)

       Chamber of Deputies (Camara de Diputados): elections last held 6

       June 1993 (next to be held NA May 1997); results - percent of vote

       by party NA; seats - (130 total) MNR 52, UCS 20, ADN 17, MIR 17,

       CONDEPA 13, MBL 7, ARBOL 1, ASD 1, EJE 1, PCD 1

       Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores): elections last held 6

       June 1993 (next to be held NA May 1997); results - percent of vote

       by party NA; seats - (27 total) MNR 17, ADN 4, MIR 4, CONDEPA 1, UCS

       1

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema), judges appointed

       for a 10-year term by National Congress

      Political parties and leaders:

       Left parties: Free Bolivia Movement (MBL), Antonio ARANIBAR; April 9

       Revolutionary Vanguard (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE; Alternative of

       Democratic Socialism (ASD), Jerjes JUSTINIANO; Revolutionary Front

       of the Left (FRI), Oscar ZAMORA; Bolivian Socialist Falange (FSB);

       Socialist Unzaguista Movement (MAS); Socialist Party One (PS-1);

       Bolivian Communist Party (PCB)

       Center-Left parties: Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR),

       Gonzalo SANCHEZ DE LOZADA; Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR),

       Jaime PAZ Zamora, Oscar EID; Christian Democrat (PCD), Jorge AGREDA

       Center-Right party: Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN), Jorge

       LANDIVAR, Hugo BANZER

       Populist parties: Civic Solidarity Union (UCS), Johnny FERNANDEZ;

       Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE Aviles;

       Popular Patriotic Movement (MPP), Julio MANTILLA; Unity and Progress

       Movement (MUP), Ivo KULJIS

       Evangelical: Bolivian Renovating Alliance (ARBOL), Hugo VILLEGAS

       indigenous: Tupac Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTK-L),

       Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde; Patriotic Axis of Convergence (EJE-P),

       Ramiro BARRANCHEA; National Katarista Movement (MKN), Fernando UNTOJA

      International organization participation: AG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11,

       G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF,

       IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS,

       OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,

       WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

      Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Fernando Alvaro COSSIO

       chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

       telephone: [1] (202) 483–4410 through 4412

       FAX: [1] (202) 328–3712

       consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco

      US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Curtis Warren KAMMAN

       embassy: Avenida Arce 2780, San Jorge, La Paz

       mailing address: P. O. Box 425, La Paz; APO AA 34032

       telephone: [591] (2) 430251

       FAX: [591] (2) 433900

      Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band; similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band

      Economy———

      Economic overview: With its long history of semifeudal СКАЧАТЬ