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2008 Bolivian Vote Of Confidence Referendum
A vote of confidence in President Evo Morales in the form of a referendum was held in Bolivia on 10 August 2008."Morales 'wins' Bolivia referendum" Al Jazeera, August 11, 2008. The vote was held to determine whether Morales, , and eight out of nine |
President Of Bolivia
The president of Bolivia ( es, Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( es, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. According to the Bolivian Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five-year term with no limit on the number of terms a president may serve. If no candidate wins a majority (defined as either more than 50%, or alternatively at least 40% and at least 10% more than the second-place candidate), the top two candidates advance to a runoff election. Luis Arce is the 67th and incumbent president of Bolivia. He assumed office on 8 November 2020. Constitutional history Establishment On 6 August 1825, the Republic of Bolivia declared its independence and proclaimed Simón Bolívar head of state. While it is certainly true that Bolívar was the official ruler of the country s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coca
Coca is any of the four cultivated plants in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. Coca is known worldwide for its psychoactive alkaloid, cocaine. The plant is grown as a cash crop in the Argentine Northwest, Bolivia, Alto Rio Negro Territory in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru, even in areas where its cultivation is unlawful. There are some reports that the plant is being cultivated in the south of Mexico, by using seeds imported from South America, as an alternative to smuggling its recreational product cocaine. It also plays a role in many traditional Amazonian and Andean cultures as well as the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. The cocaine alkaloid content of dry ''Erythroxylum coca'' var. ''coca'' leaves was measured ranging from 0.23% to 0.96%. Coca-Cola used coca leaf extract in its products from 1885 until about 1903, when it began using decocainized leaf extract. Extraction of cocaine from coca requires several s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social And Democratic Power
The Social Democratic Power ( es, Poder Democrático Social, PODEMOS) was a Bolivian political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ... based on pro-business goals. References {{Authority control Conservative parties in Bolivia Defunct political parties in Bolivia Nationalist parties in Bolivia Bolivian nationalism National conservative parties Right-wing parties in South America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Department
Beni (), sometimes El Beni, is a northeastern department of Bolivia, in the lowlands region of the country. It is the second-largest department in the country (after Santa Cruz), covering 213,564 square kilometers (82,458 sq mi), and it was created by supreme decree on November 18, 1842, during the administration of General José Ballivián. Its capital is Trinidad. Population With a population of 420,000 (2006 census), Beni is the second least-populated of the nine departments of Bolivia, after Pando. Although Beni is rich in natural resources, the poverty level of its inhabitants is high, mainly as a result of centuries of exploitation of native populations by European-descended elites. The main economic activities are agriculture, timber, and cattle. In addition, an underground economy linked to illegal narcotics activities flourished in the area during the last decades of the 20th century, with many cocaine laboratories hidden behind the façade of remote cattle ranches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Vote Of Confidence Referendum, 2008
A vote of confidence in President Evo Morales in the form of a referendum was held in Bolivia on 10 August 2008."Morales 'wins' Bolivia referendum" Al Jazeera, August 11, 2008. The vote was held to determine whether Morales, , and eight out of nine departmental Prefects should stay in offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sánchez (politician)
David Sánchez may refer to: Politics * David Sánchez Juliao (1945–2011), Colombian author and diplomat * David Sánchez Camacho (born 1963), Mexican politician * David Sánchez Heredia (born 1966), Bolivian politician * David Sánchez Guevara (born 1974), Mexican politician * David Luna Sánchez (born 1975), Colombian politician * David Sanchez (activist), Chicano activist Sports * David Sánchez (tennis) David Sánchez Muñoz (born 20 April 1978) is a retired Spanish tennis player. He turned professional in 1997. In 2003 he won both the Open Romania and the Movistar Open. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 41 on 24 Februar ... (born 1978), Spanish tennis player * David Sánchez (footballer, born 1978), Spanish footballer * David Sánchez (footballer, born 1982), Spanish football player * David Sánchez (boxer) (1992–2017), Mexican boxer * David Sánchez (weightlifter) (born 1994), Spanish weightlifter * David Sánchez (footballer, born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movement For Socialism (Bolivia)
The Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo–Instrumento Político por la Soberanía de los Pueblos, abbreviated MAS-IPSP, or simply MAS, punning on ''más'', Spanish for "more"), alternately referred to as the Movement Towards Socialism or the Movement to Socialism ( es, Movimiento al Socialismo ), is a Bolivian left-wing populist political party led by Evo Morales, founded in 1998. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. MAS-IPSP has governed the country from 22 January 2006, following the first ever majority victory by a single party in the December 2005 elections, to 10 November 2019, and since the 2020 elections. MAS-IPSP evolved out of the movement to defend the interests of coca growers. Evo Morales has articulated the goals of his party and popular organizations as the need to achieve plurinational unity, and to develop a new hydrocarbon law which guarantees 50% of revenue to Bolivia, althou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Constituent Assembly
The most recent Constituent assembly of Bolivia was the Constituent Assembly of 2006–07, which drafted a new Constitution which was approved in the Constitutional referendum of 2009. Past assemblies Prior assemblies have met to reconsider the form of Bolivia's government, beginning with the 1825 Deliberating Assembly (''Asamblea Deliberante'') in Chuquisaca. Others occurred in 1826 (Constituent Assembly), 1831 (a General Constituent Assembly), 1834 (Constituent Congress), 1839 (Constituent Congress), 1843 (National Convention), 1848 (Constituent Congress), 1851 (National Convention), 1861, 1868, 1871, 1877–78, 1900 (National Convention), 1920–21 (National Convention), 1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ... (National Convention), 1944 (National Convention), 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savina Cuéllar
Savina Cuéllar Leaños (born 30 January 1963) is a Bolivian politician who formerly as governor of the Department of Chuquisaca. She is of Quechua ancestry and one of the leading oppositionists to president Evo Morales. 2006 she joined the Bolivian Constituent Assembly of 2006-2007 as an Evo Morales-supporter but changed sides over the question of whether Sucre or La Paz La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bol ... should be the capital of the country. Miguel Centellas (2010): Savina Cuéllar and Bolivia’s New Regionalism. In: Latin American Perspectives 37 (4). References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
