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Bolivian–South Africa relations are the bilateral relations between Bolivia and
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. South Africa was accredited to Bolivia through its embassy in Lima, Peru until its closure in 2021.


Morales era

In January 2006, Bolivia's then president-elect
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 c ...
visited South Africa as part of his round the world tour ahead of taking up the presidency after Bolivia's 2005 elections. Morales has stated that South Africa's struggle against
apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
was similar to the political struggle in Bolivia. On July 17–20, 2006 South Africa sent a follow-up delegation to Bolivia led by Minister in the Presidency, Essop Pahad to cooperate and share experiences on constitutional assemblies as well as minerals and energy policies. President Morales visited South Africa again during the
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where he met with South African Vice-President Kgalema Motlanthe to discuss enhancing trade and diplomatic relations.


See also

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Foreign relations of Bolivia Bolivia traditionally has maintained normal diplomatic relations with all Americas, hemispheric states except Chile. Foreign relations are handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bolivia), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by the Chancello ...
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Foreign relations of South Africa The foreign relations of South Africa have spanned from the country's time as Dominion of the British Empire to its isolationist policies under Apartheid to its position as a responsible international actor taking a key role in Africa, particu ...


References

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
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