41. Bolivia - Government, History, Population, Geography And Maps a 2.5% decrease in overall cultivation of coca from 1996 levels; bolivia, however,is to 73,000 tons in 1997, a 3% decrease from 1996; government considers all http://www.worldrover.com/vital/bolivia.html

Search the Net: History 100% Free Clip Art including world flags and 1000's more images and photos! Bolivia source: CIA World Factbook 1998 Bolivia Geography [Top of Page] Location: Central South America, southwest of Brazil Geographic coordinates: 17 00 S, 65 00 W Map references: South America Area: total: 1,098,580 sq km land: 1,084,390 sq km water: 14,190 sq km slightly less than three times the size of Montana Land boundaries: total: 6,743 km border countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km Coastline: km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none (landlocked) Climate: varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid Terrain: rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin Elevation extremes: lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m highest point: Cerro Illimani 6,882 m Natural resources: tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony, silver, iron, lead, gold, timber Land use: arable land: permanent crops: permanent pastures: forests and woodland: other: 21% (1993 est.)

42. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bolivia Includes history, geography, education, church, and government information. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02627a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... B > Bolivia A B C D ... Z Bolivia A South American republic which lies between longitudes west of Greenwich 57 deg. 30' and 74 deg., and latitudes 8 deg. and 22 deg. 50' south. These figures are, however, still subject to treaty changes. AREA, POPULATION, ETC. The republic covers an area of 702,767 sq. miles (1,822,334 sq. kilometers) and ranks as third in size among the South American countries. In 1905 its population was estimated at 1,816,271, or a little more than five persons to every two square miles. Of these, 231,088 are reported as whites; 484,611 as mestizos, and 792,850 as Indians. Besides these, there were about 4,000 negroes, and the residue are of unascertained origin. The proportion of Catholics to non-Catholics is approximately as seventy-two to one. All these figures are taken with reserve, since the efforts at serious statistics are but very recent. Since the close of the war with Chile in 1881, Bolivia has had no sea-coast. It is bounded on the west, north-west, and north by Peru; on the north-east and east by Brazil; on the south-east by Paraguay; on the south by the Argentine Republic, and on the south-west by Chile. Its communications with the outer world were still defective in 1905. A line of steamers on the Lake Titicaca then plied between the Peruvian port of Puno and the Bolivian of Huaqui, and stage lines, between La Paz and the Chilian frontier. On the east side of the Andes, in the Basin of the Amazon, rivers, which are often interrupt ed in their upper course by rapids (cachuelas) afford the only means of transit. Bolivia had two short railroad lines of its own, besides the Chilian line to Oruro, of which the terminus is upon Bolivian soil. The two Bolivian railroads were trunk-lines, with an aggregate length of sixty-five miles. Work was, however, progressing on several other newly begun lines.

43. CNN.com - Two Dead, Nine Injured As Striking Miners Clash With Government - Oct. CNN http://cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/10/09/bolivia.gas.prices.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Two dead, nine injured as striking miners clash with government Protesters flee after police fired tear gas in El Alto, Bolivia Thursday. Story Tools YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) At least two people were killed and nine injured when striking miners clashed with riot troops near the Bolivian capital Thursday. The protests broke out over a government plan to export natural gas through neighboring Chile. Government troops fired tear gas to disperse some 500 miners marching through the city of El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, in protest of the export plan proposed by President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Some miners responded by hurling lighted sticks of dynamite. One man died after a stick apprarently exploded in his hand, a police spokesman said. Authorities said it was unclear what caused the other death. Acrid white tear gas wafted through the air as masked protesters scrambled to flee rifle-toting government troops. Officers fired from behind plastic shields during the confrontations, that lasted for more than an hour.

44. Government To Declare Half Of Bolivia Disaster Area CNN http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/01/23/bolivia.floods.reut/index.html

45. CNN.com - Bolivian Coca Farmers, Government Agree To Lift Road Blockade - Octobe CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/10/14/bolivia.protests.ap/index.html

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46. Bolivia Very basic information on the land, its people, history and government. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107345.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... Father's Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips World Countries Bolivia Infoplease Atlas: Bolivia Republic of Bolivia National name: President: Carlos Mesa (2003) Area: 424,162 sq mi (1,098,580 sq km) Population (2004 est.): 8,724,156 (growth rate: 1.6%); birth rate: 24.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 54.6/1000; life expectancy: 65.1; density per sq mi: 21 Historic and judicial capital (2003 est.): Sucre, 204,200; Administrative capital: La Paz, 1,576,100 (metro. area), 830,500 (city proper) Other large cities: Santa Cruz, 1,168,700; Cochabamba, 815,800; El Alto, 728,500; Oruro, 211,700 Monetary unit: Boliviano Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official) Ethnicity/race: Quechua 30%, Aymara 25%, mestizo (mixed European and Indian ancestry) 30%, European 15% Religion: Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant 5%

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Bolivia - National holiday Home Bolivia Government Independence Day, 6 August (1825) Source: CIA World Factbook Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2003 Home About Search

48. Bolivia - Government - Flag Description IndexMundi Home. Flag of bolivia bolivia Flag description. http://www.indexmundi.com/bolivia/flag_description.html

Bolivia - Flag description Home Bolivia Government 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 Source: CIA World Factbook Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2003 Home About Search

49. Bolivia's Likely Leader Seeks Coca Grower's Support CNN http://cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/07/24/bolivia.government.reut/index.html

50. Atlas - Bolivia Map Overview of culture, history, economy, currency, government, people, education and languages. http://www.map.freegk.com/bolivia/bolivia.php

Introduction People History Culture ... Communications Legal system Organization Provinces Disputes Bolivia Introduction Back to Top Bolivia, officially Republic of Bolivia, republic in central South America, bounded on the north and east by Brazil, on the south-east by Paraguay, on the south by Argentina, and on the west by Chile and Peru. Bolivia and Paraguay are the only landlocked countries in South America. In a north-south direction, the maximum length of Bolivia is about 1,530 km (950 mi); its extreme breadth, in an east-west direction, is about 1,450 km (900 mi). Its area is 1,098,581 sq km (424,165 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest (after Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia) South American country. The constitutional capital is Sucre; the administrative capital and seat of government is La Paz. Official Name- Republic of Bolivia Capital City -La Paz Languages- Spanish (official) Quechua (official) Aymará (official) Official Currency- Boliviano Religions- Catholic, others Population- 8,012,000 Land Area- 1,084,390 sq km (418,683 sq miles)

51. Map Zones - Bolivia Map Learn about the country's language, geography, history, population, culture, currency, government, people, and economy. http://kids.mapzones.com/world/bolivia/

Introduction People History Culture ... Communications Legal system Organization Provinces Disputes Bolivia Introduction Back to Top Bolivia, officially Republic of Bolivia, republic in central South America, bounded on the north and east by Brazil, on the south-east by Paraguay, on the south by Argentina, and on the west by Chile and Peru. Bolivia and Paraguay are the only landlocked countries in South America. In a north-south direction, the maximum length of Bolivia is about 1,530 km (950 mi); its extreme breadth, in an east-west direction, is about 1,450 km (900 mi). Its area is 1,098,581 sq km (424,165 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest (after Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia) South American country. The constitutional capital is Sucre; the administrative capital and seat of government is La Paz. Official Name- Republic of Bolivia Capital City -La Paz Languages- Spanish (official) Quechua (official) Aymará (official) Official Currency- Boliviano Religions- Catholic, others Population- 8,012,000 Land Area- 1,084,390 sq km (418,683 sq miles)

52. Bolivia/Government - Encyclopedia Article About Bolivia/Government. Free Access, encyclopedia article about bolivia/government. bolivia/government in Free onlineEnglish dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia. bolivia/government. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Bolivia/Government

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Bolivia/Government Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Government The 1967 constitution The Constitution of a given organisation defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. To view particular constitutions, refer to the list of national constitutions. The term comes from Latin constitutio , which referred to any important law, usually issued by the emperor, and was widely used in canon law to indicate certain relevant decisions, mainly of the pope. Click the link for more information. , revised in 1994, provides for balanced executive, legislative, and judicial powers. The traditionally strong executive, however, tends to overshadow the Congress, whose role is generally limited to debating and approving legislation initiated by the executive. The judiciary, consisting of the Supreme Court The supreme court in some countries, provinces and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. In the United States, for example, there is a federal Supreme Court as well as supreme courts within most of the states. However, some jurisdictions do not use the phrase "Supreme Court" in naming their highest courts, as described below.

53. Bolivia. The World Factbook. 2003 Includes maps; brief history; and information about geography, people, government, economy, transportation, and military. http://www.bartleby.com/151/bl.html

Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference World Factbook PREVIOUS NEXT ... MAP INDEX The World Factbook. Bolivia Background Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in the 1980s, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and drug production. Current goals include attracting foreign investment, strengthening the educational system, resolving disputes with coca growers over Bolivia's counterdrug efforts, continuing the privatization program, and waging an anticorruption campaign.

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AllRefer Channels :: Health Yellow Pages Reference Weather SEARCH : in Reference June 07, 2004 You are here : AllRefer.com Reference Encyclopedia South American Political Geography ... Bolivia By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z B Bolivia, South American Political Geography Related Category: South American Political Geography Bolivia [b O E u , Span. b O l E Pronunciation Key Government Bolivia has had more than 190 revolutions and coups since it became independent in 1825. The latest constitution was adopted in 1967. It provides for a president elected for a four-year term and a bicameral legislature consisting of an upper chamber of senators and a lower chamber of deputies. Administratively, Bolivia is divided into nine departments. Sections in this article: Introduction Land and People Economy Government History Bibliography Topics that might be of interest to you: Andes Atacama Desert Ayacucho Aymara ... com Check out around 175,000 brief encyclopedia articles on almost all topics. Related Categories: Places Latin America and the Caribbean More articles from AllRefer Reference on Bolivia Encyclopedia U com Check out around 175,000 brief encyclopedia articles on almost all topics.

55. Protests Rock Bolivia's Government Protests Rock bolivia s government. by Tom Lewis. InternationalistSocialist Review, April 2003. Demonstrators rocked the government http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/South_America/Protests_Rock_Bolivia.html

Protests Rock Bolivia's Government by Tom Lewis Internationalist Socialist Review, April 2003 Demonstrators rocked the government of Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Losada in an outpouring of rage against the International Monetary Fund February 11-14. Two days earlier Sanchez de Losada had decreed a 12.5 percent hike in the income tax for workers earning more than four times the minimum wage. In a nation ravaged by underemployment, the new tax would have gouged full-time workers by increasing salary deductions to over 30 percent. When Bolivians learned that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) "adjustment" plan lay behind the government's decree, they targeted the national government in protest. Sanchez de Losada justified the tax as necessary to comply with an IMF requirement that Bolivia reduce its fiscal deficit from 8.6 to 5.5 percent. To many Bolivians, the president appeared as a lackey of international capital. Violent clashes left 33 dead and 170 wounded in the streets of La Paz, Cochabamba and other cities. After responding with iron repression, Sanchez de Losada sought to save his own skin. He placed the hated tax on hold and vowed to maintain the buying power of workers' wages. He later sought and obtained the resignations of his entire cabinet.

56. Bolivia's Water War Victory Quint s interpretations confirmed what bolivian waterrights protesters have beensaying for months The contract made with bolivia s government was a dud from http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/South_America/Bolivia_WaterWarVictory.html

Bolivia's Water War Victory by Jim Schultz Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2000 At 10am, President Hugo Banzer places Bolivia under martial law. This drastic move concludes a week of protests, general strikes and transportation blockages that have jerked the country to a virtual standstill, and follows the surprise announcement of government concession to protesters' demands to break a $200 million contract selling Cochabamba's public water system to foreign investors. The water system is currently controlled by Aguas del Tunari, a consortium led by London-based International Water Limited (IWL), which is itself jointly owned by the Italian utility Edison and US-based Bechtel Enterprise Holdings. Upon purchasing the water system, the consortium immediately raised rates by up to 35 percent. That untenable hike sparked the protests. In January, "Cochabambinos" staged strikes and blocked transit, effectively shutting their city down for four straight days. The Bolivian government then promised to lower rates, but broke that promise within weeks. On February 4, when thousands tried to march in peaceful protest, President Banzer had police hammer protesters with two days of tear gas that the 175 people injured and two youths blinded. Ninety percent of Cochabamba's citizens believed it was time for Bechtel's subsidiary to return the water system to public control, according to results of a 60,000-person survey conducted in March. But it seems that the government has come to Bechtel's rescue, insisting the company remain in Bolivia. President Banzer, who ruled Bolivia as a dictator from 1971-78, has suspended almost all civil rights, banning gatherings of more than four people, and severely limiting freedom of the press. "We see it as our obligation, in the common best interest, to decree a state of emergency to protect law and order," Banzer trumpeted.

57. ABC Country Book Of Bolivia - Government Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, bolivia Interactive Factbook GEOGRAPHY, Flag, Map,Geography,People, government, Economy, Transportation, Communications. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/bolivia_government.html

Index Flag Geography People ... Feedback Bolivia Names: conventional long form: Republic of Bolivia conventional short form: Bolivia local long form: Republica de Bolivia local short form: Bolivia Digraph: BL Type: 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 Code Napoleon; 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); Vice President Victor Hugo CARDENAS Conde (since 6 August 1993); election last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held 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 left the coalition in 1994

58. Bolivia - International Adoption The government of bolivia has informed the American Embassy in La Paz that Bolviawill approve international adoptions only when the prospective adopting parent http://travel.state.gov/adoption_bolivia.html

International Adoption BOLIVIA Important Notice: Bolivia ratified the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption in Janaury 2002. The Government of Bolivia has informed the American Embassy in La Paz that Bolvia will approve international adoptions only when the prospective adopting parent(s) reside in countries which have become party to the Convention. Prospective parents who are legal residents of Bolivia or American-Bolivian dual nationals may adopt orphans under Bolivian law. The United States signed the Hague Convention in 1993. The State Department is preparing regulations to implement the Convention in the United States. It is expected that the Convention will enter into force in the United States in 2004. GENERAL: Although adoption of children in Bolivia by foreigners remains a sensitive issue, the Bolivian courts are willing to approve such adoptions. The extremely careful application of Bolivian regulations concerning adoption by the Bolivian Juvenile Courts and the regional Directorates for Minors is a result of changes in Bolivian adoption law and practice in the last decade in an effort to combat questionable adoption practices. Adoptive parents, single or married, must be over the age of 25. Prospective parents may also have biological children of their own or other adopted children. Bolivian law does not allow a natural parent to voluntarily relinquish parental rights. Abandonment must be approved by a Bolivian court.

59. GeographyIQ - World Atlas - South America - Bolivia - Government bolivia government (Facts). Country name conventional long formRepublic of bolivia conventional short form bolivia local short http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/bl/Bolivia_government.htm

60. GeographyIQ - World Atlas - South America - Bolivia - Government Click Here. World South America bolivia government and Political Conditions(Notes). bolivia government and Political Conditions (Notes). http://www.geographyiq.com/countries/bl/Bolivia_government_summary.htm

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