The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       election results; seats - (130 total) MNR 40, ADN 35, MIR 33, IU 10, CONDEPA

       9, PDC 3

       Chamber of Senators:

       last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held May 1993); results - percent of vote

       by party NA; note - legislative and presidential candidates run on a unified

       slate, so vote percentages are the same as in section on presidential

       election results; seats - (27 total) MNR 9, ADN 7, MIR 8, CONDEPA 2, PDC 1

      :Bolivia Government

      President:

       last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held May 1993); results - Gonzalo SANCHEZ

       de Lozada (MNR) 23%, Hugo BANZER Suarez (ADN) 22%, Jaime PAZ Zamora (MIR)

       19%; no candidate received a majority of the popular vote; Jaime PAZ Zamora

       (MIR) formed a coalition with Hugo BANZER (ADN); with ADN support PAZ Zamora

       won the congressional runoff election on 4 August and was inaugurated on 6

       August 1989

       Member of:

       AG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF,

       IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL,

       PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO

       Diplomatic representation:

       Ambassador Jorge CRESPO; Chancery at 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW,

       Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 483-4410 through 4412; there are

       Bolivian Consulates General in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San

       Francisco

       US:

       Ambassador Charles R. BOWERS; Embassy at Banco Popular del Peru Building,

       corner of Calles Mercado y Colon, La Paz (mailing address is P. O. Box 425,

       La Paz, or APO AA 34032); telephone [591] (2) 350251 or 350120; FAX [591]

       (2) 359875

       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

      :Bolivia Economy

      Overview:

       The Bolivian economy steadily deteriorated between 1980 and 1985 as La Paz

       financed growing budget deficits by expanding the money supply, and

       inflation spiraled - peaking at 11,700%. An austere orthodox economic

       program adopted by then President Paz Estenssoro in 1985, however, succeeded

       in reducing inflation to between 10% and 20% annually since 1987, eventually

       restarting economic growth. Since August 1989, President Paz Zamora has

       retained the economic policies of the previous government, keeping inflation

       down and continuing moderate growth. Nevertheless, Bolivia continues to be

       one of the poorest countries in Latin America, with widespread poverty and

       unemployment, and it remains vulnerable to price fluctuations for its

       limited exports - agricultural products, minerals, and natural gas.

       Moreover, for many farmers, who constitute half of the country's work force,

       the main cash crop is coca, which is sold for cocaine processing.

       GDP:

       exchange rate conversion - $4.6 billion, per capita $630; real growth rate

       4% (1991)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       15% (1991)

       Unemployment rate:

       7% (1991 est.)

       Budget:

       revenues $900 million; expenditures $825 million, including capital

       expenditures of $300 million (1991 est.)

       Exports:

       $970 million (f.o.b., 1991)

       commodities:

       metals 45%, natural gas 25%, other 30% (coffee, soybeans, sugar, cotton,

       timber)

       partners:

       US 15%, Argentina

       Imports:

       $760 million (c.i.f., 1991)

       commodities:

       food, petroleum, consumer goods, capital goods

       partners:

       US 22%

       External debt:

       $3.3 billion (December 1991)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 6% (1991); accounts for almost 30% of GDP

       Electricity:

       849,000 kW capacity; 1,798 million kWh produced, 251 kWh per capita (1991)

       Industries:

       mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverage, tobacco, handicrafts,

       clothing; illicit drug industry reportedly produces significant revenues

       Agriculture:

       accounts for about 20% of GDP (including forestry and fisheries); principal

       commodities - coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber;

       self-sufficient in food

       Illicit drugs:

       world's second-largest producer of coca (after Peru) with an estimated

       47,900 hectares under cultivation; voluntary and forced eradication program

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