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Bolivia
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Present
Electoral System
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Mixed
Member Proportional (MMP)
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Electoral
System Type
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List
PR
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Population
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8,445,134
(July 2002 est.)
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Age
Structure
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0-14
years: 37.8%
15-64 years: 57.7%
65 years and over: 4.5%
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Average
Education Level
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Age
15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.1%
male: 90.5%
female: 76% (1995 est.)
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Territories
(Location, Total Area)
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Central
South America- land: 1,084,390 sq km
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Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
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56:44
as of 2000
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Ethnic
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Quechua
30%, mestizo (mixed white and Amerindian ancestry) 30%, Aymara 25%,
white 15%
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Geographical
Variation
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9
departments
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System
of Govt.
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Comparatively
democratic civilian rule was established in the 1980s
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Power
of Govt.
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Executive
power, Legislative power resides in bicameral Congress, consisting
of Chamber of Deputies and Senate. parliamentarized presidentialism
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Political
Party
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Top
5:
Bolivian
Socialist Falange or FSB Civic Solidarity Union or UCS Conscience of
the Fatherland or CONDEPA Free Bolivia Movement or MBL Movement of
the Revolutionary Left or MIR
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Admin.
of Govt.
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2
party,
President
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Colonialism
History
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Broke
away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has
consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups.
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Royal
Commission
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N/A
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Candidate
Number
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Cabinet
appointed by the president. president and vice president elected on
the same ticket by popular vote for five-year terms; election last
held 30 June 2002
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Economic
Structure
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market-oriented
economic reforms
signing
of a free trade agreement with Mexico and the Southern Cone Common
Market (Mercosur) as well as the privatization of the state airline,
telephone company, railroad, electric power company, and oil company
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Cost
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N/A
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Security
Issue
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Government
corruption, coups,
Pressure
of coca drug cartels
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Telecom.
Type
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http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/tilan/reports/rtf359/bolivia1.html
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IT
Dev. Level
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Poorly
Developing
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Law/
Regulation
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http://www.natlaw.com/bolivia/bolivia.htm
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