Bolivia

• cold, thin air of high plateau is obstacle to efficient fuel combustion;
• overgrazing;
• soil erosion;
• desertification

noun:

Bolivian(s)

adjective:

Bolivian

conventional long form:

Republic of Bolivia

conventional short form:

Bolivia

local long form:

Republica de Bolivia

local short form:

Bolivia

• 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), Antonio ARANIBAR;
• United Left (IU), a coalition of leftist parties that includes Patriotic National Convergency Axis (EJE-P), Walter DELGADILLO and Bolivian Communist Party (PCB), Humberto RAMIREZ;
• Revolutionary Vanguard - 9th of April (VR-9), Carlos SERRATE Reich

• 18 years of age;
• universal and compulsory (married) 21 years of age;
• universal and compulsory (single)

Chamber of Deputies:

• last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held 6 June 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 6 June 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

President:

• last held 7 May 1989 (next to be held 6 June 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 1989

chief of mission:

Ambassador Jorge CRESPO

chancery:

3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008

telephone:

(202) 483-4410 through 4412

consulates general:

Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco

chief of mission:

Ambassador Charles R. BOWERS

embassy:

Banco Popular del Peru Building, corner of Calles Mercado y Colon, La Paz

mailing address:

P. O. Box 425, La Paz, or APO AA 34032

telephone:

[591] (2) 350251 or 350120

FAX:

[591] (2) 359875

• 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

• accounts for about 21% of GDP (including forestry and fisheries);
• principal commodities - coffee, coca, cotton, corn, sugarcane, rice, potatoes, timber;
• self-sufficient in food

• world's second-largest producer of coca (after Peru) with an estimated 47,900 hectares under cultivation;
• voluntary and forced eradication program unable to prevent production from rising to 82,000 metric tons in 1992 from 74,700 tons in 1989;
• government considers all but 12,000 hectares illicit;
• intermediate coca products and cocaine exported to or through Colombia and Brazil to the US and other international drug markets

• US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $990 million;
• Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2,025 million;
• Communist countries (1970-89), $340 million

• crude oil 1,800 km;
• petroleum products 580 km;
• natural gas 1,495 km

total:

1,225

usable:

1,043

with permanent-surface runways:

9

with runways over 3,659 m:

2

with runways 2,440-3,659 m:

7

with runways 1,220-2,439 m:

161

• microwave radio relay system being expanded;
• improved international services;
• 144,300 telephones;
• broadcast stations - 129 AM, no FM, 43 TV, 68 shortwave;
• 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

• males age 15-49 1,786,137;
• fit for military service 1,162,160;
• reach military age (19) annually 78,125 (1993 est.)

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