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Government
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, El 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 Senate (Senado)
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; United Left (IU), coalition
of leftist parties which includes Free Bolivia Movement
(MBL), led by Antonio Aranibar, Patriotic National Convergency
Axis (EJE-P) led by Walter Delgadillo, and Bolivian Communist
Party (PCB) led by Humberto Ramirez; Conscience of the Fatherland
(CONDEPA), Carlos Palenque Aviles; Revolutionary Vanguard-9th
of April (VR-9), Carlos Serrate Reich.
Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18 (married) or
21 (single).
Elections:
President--last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held May 1993);
results--Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (MNR) 23%, Hugo Banzer Suarez
(ADN) 22%, Jaime Paz Zamora (MIR) 19%; no candidate received a
majority of the popular vote; Jaime Paz Zamora (MIR) formed a
coalition with Hugo Banzer (ADN); with ADN support Paz Zamora
won the congressional runoff election on 4 August and was
inaugurated on 6 August;
Senate--last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held May 1993);
results--percent of vote NA; seats (27 total) MNR 9, ADN
8, MIR 8, CONDEPA 2;
Chamber of Deputies--last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held
May 1993); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats (130
total) MNR 40, ADN 38, MIR 30, IU 10, CONDEPA 9, VR-9 3.
Member of: FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IATP, IBRD, ICAO, ICO,
IDA, IDB--Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO,
IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ISO, ITC, ITU, IWC--International
Wheat Council, LAIA, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU,
WHO, WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Jorge CRESPO; Chancery
at 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008; telephone
(202) 483-4410 through 4412; there are Bolivian Consulates
General in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New
York, and San Francisco; US--Ambassador Robert GELBARD;
Embassy at Banco Popular del Peru Building, corner of Calles
Mercado y Colon, La Paz (mailing address is P. O. Box 425,
La Paz, or APO Miami 34032); telephone [591] (2) 350251
or 350120.
Flag: 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.