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Bolivia
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|arms = Arms of Bolivia.png
|capital -raw = [[Sucre]] <small>(constitutional and judicial)</small><br/>[[La Paz|capital-raw =]] <small>(executive and legislative)</small>
|government = Presidential system|Presidential Republic
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|language = Spanish, |language2 = [[Quechua]], [[Aymara|king =|queen =|monarch-raw =]]
|president = Jeanine Áñez
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|gdp =
|gdp-year = $25.684 billion (2006)
|gdp-pc = $26,817 200 (20062014)
|currency = Boliviano
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'''Bolivia''' is a [[country]] in [[South America]]. Bolivia has two capital cities: La Paz (administrative) and [[Sucre]] (judicial). Bolivia is located southeast of [[Peru]], south of [[Brazil]], north of [[Paraguay]] and [[Argentina]], and east of [[Chile]]. It is notorious for its high consumption of coca leaves, which are used in the production of [[cocaine]]. The current interim president of Bolivia is [[Jeanine Áñez]], who replaced [[Socialism|Socialist]] [[Evo Morales]].
In the end, large demonstrations forced Sanchez de Lozada to resign on October 17, 2003. Vice President Carlos Mesa Gisbert assumed office and restored order. Mesa appointed a non-political cabinet and promised to revise the constitution through a constituent assembly, revise the hydrocarbons law, and hold a binding referendum on the country's natural gas deposits. The referendum took place on July 18, 2004, and Bolivians voted overwhelmingly in favor of development of the nation's hydrocarbons resources. But the referendum did not end social unrest. Large-scale protests led to Congress approving a confiscatory hydrocarbons law on May 17, 2005. After a brief pause, demonstrations resumed, particularly in La Paz and El Alto. President Mesa offered his resignation on June 6, and Eduardo Rodriguez, the president of the Supreme Court, assumed office in a constitutional transfer of power. Rodriguez announced that he was a transitional president, and called for early elections within six months.
=== Morales Administration (2006-20192006–2019) === [[File:Evo Morales C Fernandez y F Lugo.jpg|right|thumb|350px]]
On December 18, 2005, MAS candidate Juan Evo Morales Ayma was elected to the presidency by 54% of the voters. During his campaign, Morales, a coca union leader of indigenous descent, vowed to nationalize hydrocarbons and alleviate poverty and discrimination toward indigenous people. Morales was and remains highly critical of the "neo-liberal" economic policies that have been implemented in Bolivia over the past several decades. On January 22, 2006, Morales and his Vice President Alvaro García Linera were inaugurated into office.
*Berwick, Angus (November 10, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-election-latam/resignation-of-morales-last-of-pink-tide-polarizes-latin-america-idUSKBN1XK0NW Resignation of Morales, last of 'pink tide,' polarizes Latin America]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
*Otis, John; Forero, Juan (November 11, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bolivians-celebrate-or-protest-after-president-resigns-11573488650 Bolivia Leaderless After President Quits]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
*Slattery, Gram (November 14, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-election-ticktock-insight/how-evo-morales-lost-control-of-bolivia-idUSKBN1XO2PQ How Evo Morales lost control of Bolivia]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 14, 2019.*Humire, Joseph M. (December 1, 2019). [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/472356-dispelling-myths-about-the-battle-for-democracy-in-bolivia Dispelling myths about the battle for democracy in Bolivia]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 1, 2019.</ref>
=== Jeanine Áñez transitional government ===
In November of 2019 the [[right-wing]] [[conservative]] senator [[Jeanine Áñez]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/world/americas/bolivia-anez-morales.html|title=In Bolivia, Interim Leader Sets Conservative, Religious Tone|publisher= The New York Times|date=November 26 , 2019}}</ref> became interim President of Bolivia. During her first day in office she took a [[Bible]] to the presidential office in a sign of God returning to the government after the previous one only venerated Indigenous gods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-50425098|title=Renuncia de Evo Morales: 4 símbolos con los que la presidenta en funciones de Bolivia quiere diferenciarse del gobierno de Morales|date=November 14, 2019|publisher=BBC World|language=es}}</ref>
She openly denounces Socialist Socialists and said that they always want to perpetuate in power.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtu.be/2bQpr8_9itI|title=Jeanine Áñez: Don Evo Morales es un estafador de la democracia|date=November 12, 2019|publisher=CNN|language=es}}</ref>
She also implemented a flag in representation of the Eastern part of Bolivia, and changed the official newspaper (used in Evo's government as propaganda) name from ''Cambio'' to ''Bolivia''.
Áñez gave more power to the military to control the situation in the country<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clarin.com/mundo/bolivia-decreto-jeanine-anez-quitarle-responsabilidad-penal-fuerzas-armadas-protestas_0_AwNOgZKd.html|title=Bolivia: el decreto de Jeanine Áñez para quitarle la “responsabilidad penal” "responsabilidad penal" a las Fuerzas Armadas ante las protestas|publisher=Clarin|language=es|date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The world’s as divided about Bolivia’s alleged coup as Bolivians themselves|url=https://qz.com/1748281/experts-are-divided-on-evo-morales-and-bolivias-alleged-coup/|publisher=Quartz|date=November 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/bolivia-anez-celebrates-militarys-209th-anniversary/1646402|title=Bolivia: Anez celebrates military's 209th anniversary|date=November 15, 2019|publisher=AA}}</ref>
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