Government (Bolivia)
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     Long-form name:
         Republic of Bolivia
     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)
     Constitution:
         2 February 1967
     Legal system:
         based on Spanish law and Code Napoleon; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
         jurisdiction
     National holiday:
         Independence Day, 6 August (1825)
     Executive branch:
         president, vice president, Cabinet
     Legislative branch:
         bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) consists of an upper chamber
         or Chamber of Senators (Camara de Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber
         of Deputies (Camara de Diputados)
     Judicial branch:
         Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
     Leaders:
       Chief of State and Head of Government:
         President Jaime PAZ Zamora (since 6 August 1989); Vice President Luis OSSIO
         Sanjines (since 6 August 1989)
     Political parties and leaders:
         Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), Jaime PAZ Zamora; Nationalist
         Democratic Action (ADN), Hugo BANZER Suarez; Nationalist Revolutionary
         Movement (MNR), Gonzalo SANCHEZ de Lozada; Civic Solidarity Union (UCS), Max
         FERNANDEZ Rojas; Conscience of the Fatherland (CONDEPA), Carlos PALENQUE
         Aviles; Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Jorge AGREDO; Free Bolivia
         Movement (MBL), led by Antonio ARANIBAR; United Left (IU), a coalition of
         leftist parties that includes Patriotic National Convergency Axis (EJE-P)
         led by Walter DELGADILLO, and Bolivian Communist Party (PCB) led by Humberto
         RAMIREZ; Revolutionary Vanguard - 9th of April (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE Reich
     Suffrage:
         universal and compulsory at age 18 (married) or 21 (single)
     Elections:
       Chamber of Deputies:
         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 - (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