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Bolivian General Election, 2009
General elections were held in Bolivia on December 6, 2009, following a constitutional referendum held on 25 January 2009. Voters elected: *President and Vice President of the Republic. *130 members of the Chamber of Deputies. *36 members of the Senate. The five departments which had not already done so all voted to have departmental autonomy. Eleven municipalities voted to have indigenous autonomy, out of twelve holding such referendums.Diego Andrés Chávez Rodríguez, "La Autonomía Indígena Originario Campesina: Entre la formalidad y la autodeterminación," ''Diálogos en Democracia'', 21 March 2010 (Supplement to ''Pulso Bolivia''). One province voted to have regional autonomy. Presidential candidates Under the new constitution, all previous terms will not be considered for term limits. If any candidate fails to win over 50% of the vote and another candidate is within 10%, a second round will be held. It was the first time that an incumbent President ran for reelection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (; born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come from its indigenous population, his administration focused on the implementation of leftist policies, improving the legal rights and socioeconomic conditions of Bolivia's previously-marginalized indigenous population and combating the political influence of the United States and resource-extracting multinational corporations. Ideologically a socialist, he has led the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party since 1998. Born to an Aymara family of subsistence farmers in Isallawi, Orinoca Canton, Morales undertook a basic education and mandatory military service before moving to the Chapare Province in 1978. Growing coca and becoming a trade unionist, he rose to prominence in the ''campesino'' ("rural laborers") union. In that capacity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Joaquino
René Joaquino Cabrera is a Bolivian politician and the founder the Social Alliance political party. Joaquino was born on February 27, 1966, in the community of Asientos, part of Chicoca Chica ayllu and within the canton of Tomave, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department. He was twice elected mayor of the city of Potosí, in 2004 and 2010, but was suspended from that office on August 18, 2010. He resumed his duties on February 7, 2013. Joaquino was the city's first indigenous mayor. In the run up to the 2014 national elections, Joaquino reconciled with the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party and became their candidate for Potosí's first seat in the Senate of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. He was elected to that office on October 12, 2014, and will serve as Senator from 2015 to 2020. Joaquino's suspension as mayor was legally required due to his indictment for the municipality's illegal purchase of used vehicles in 2006. His conviction on these charges was rever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Congress Of Bolivia
The Plurinational Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government. The assembly is bicameral, consisting of a lower house (the Chamber of Deputies or ''Cámara de Diputados)'' and an upper house (the Chamber of Senators, or ''Cámara de Senadores)''. The Vice President of Bolivia also serves as the ''ex officio'' President of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Each house elects its own directorate: a President, first and second Vice Presidents, and three or four Secretaries (for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, respectively). Each party is said to have a seat ( es, bancada) consisting of its legislators. The representatives of each department comprise a brigade (''brigada''). Each house considers legislation in standing committees. The Chamber of Senators has 36 seats. Each of the country's nine departments returns four senators elected by proportional represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Bolivian Elections Map
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Román Loayza
Román Loayza Caero (born February 29, 1948, Independencia) is a Bolivian politician and farmer. He was a prominent leader in the farmers' trade union movement and one of the founders of the Movement for Socialism (MAS). Loyaza Caero grew up in Independencia and went to school for a few years there. He began working at an early age. He did his military service at the 8th cavalry regiment Mariscal Braun in Santa Cruz. In 1978 he became the treasurer of a consumers’ cooperative in Independencia.Loayza Caero, Román, and Shirley Rasguido. Román Loayza Caero: lider quechua, contribuyó al ascenso campesino indígena del país'. Líderes contemporáneos del movimiento campesino indígena de Bolivia, no. 3. La Paz, Bolivia: CIPCA, 2006. Back Cover Between 1983 and 1985 he was the general secretary of the Independencia Provincial Trade Union Centre. He then moved on to serve as Secretario de Vialidad of the Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores Campesinos de Cochabamba (SUTCCBA) between 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
