Bolivian National Police

Bolivian National Customs Office

Representation made by the Bolivian Central of Workers (COB), concerning Bolivia

With the cooperation of IAEA, it had established the Bolivian Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology.

The issue of access to the sea has been hijacked by the current Bolivian administration, said Zárate.

The source also claims that all the judicial proceedings had been delayed unnecessarily, rendering the defence mechanisms provided by the Bolivian system ineffective.

Bolivia has the momentum, a spirit of unity and serenity, and is of course expecting with a positive view the outcome, said Roberto Calzadilla, a Bolivian diplomat.

In this regard, investigations have not detected any irregular activity in the Bolivian territory under the influence of Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaida terrorist group.

The Bolivian people has gone through difficult times recently and is selflessly and maturely reinvigorating its democratic process as an essential element of life in our Republic.

Book II, Chapter III of the Special Section of the Bolivian Criminal Code, entitled Crimes against public order , contains six articles designed to protect the country's internal security.

As a supplement to administrative immigration law, for the purposes of preventing and or punishing criminal offences, including terrorism, the provisions of Bolivian criminal law apply in the following areas

In the case of Bolivia, an exemplary relationship exists between the Ozone Unit, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Finance and Customs, and the Bolivian Institute of Standardization and Quality.

(f) Individuals under 21 years of age unaccompanied by their parents or legal representative or not in possession of a written authorization signed by a competent authority and endorsed by a Bolivian consul

One of the main reasons was that the extraction of natural resources continued to be the principal basis for development of the Bolivian economy, resulting in a pattern of development focusing on income rather than employment.

Every day, experts bombard us with their views on topics as varied as Iraqi insurgents, Bolivian coca growers, European central bankers, and North Korea s Politburo. But how much credibility should we attach to the opinions of experts?

For example, Saõ Paulo, Brazil s industrial powerhouse, now depends for most of its energy on Bolivian natural gas. As a result, Petrobras, the Brazilian energy company, has invested huge sums in Bolivia in everything from exploration to pipelines.

It may be tempting to dismiss the Enola patent as an aberration, but there are hundreds of examples of such biopiracy. Mexican beans, South Asian basmati rice, Bolivian quinoa, Amazonian ayahuasca, Indian chickpeas, Peruvian nuña beans, Andean maca all have been subject to predatory intellectual property claims.

Indeed, domestic royalties on Bolivian gas production are being increased by more than 50 , and the price charged to Bolivia s foreign clients may well be doubled. Contracts are being respected only in the breach, and technicians and lawyers from PDVESA, the Venezuelan oil giant, are auditing Petrobras installations in Bolivia.

In accordance with the Constitution and its Organic Law, the Bolivian National Police operate a number of specialized anti terrorism units such as the Anti Terrorism Centre (CEAT), which is attached to the National Intelligence Department and has been strengthened to deal with problems and cases linked to radical Islamic terrorism.

Economists argue that should the current trickle of 350,000 visitors each year grow to a quite reasonable million, every Bolivian would be employed. Bolivia is where Costa Rica was 20 years ago, an eco tourism expert told me at the first national summit on the industry on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

The Bolivian economy has grown moderately under Morales s management, owing to international demand and cash transfers from the state to local governments and individuals. These not only increase household spending, but also offer opportunities for trade, in both the formal and informal sectors, making it the most successful policy in the fight against poverty.

In particular, the report stated that the country s sharp political polarization was highly visible in the media, in particular on Bolivian television stations. In fact, while opposition candidates were given fair exposure on private TV and radio, the EU Head of Mission observed various cases in which their state controlled counterparts privileged the government s parliamentary candidates.

Finally, the Bush administration must ratify the Kyoto Protocol, in order to allow both global firms and Bolivian community entrepreneurs to create yet more rainforest ranches and other creative initiatives that reduce poverty, harbor biodiversity, and cool a warming world. Perhaps Bolivia is indeed rich in a way that could benefit all of us well into the future.

In first place is Evo Morales, an Amayra Indian running under the Movement Toward Socialism banner who is sometimes seen as Che Guevara s second coming. Running behind Evo is Jorge Tuto Quiroga, a millionaire former IBM executive from the European descended Bolivian elite he is closely aligned with America s Republican Party and is married to a Texas blonde named Ginger.

But the left wing populists influenced by Chávez who ruled Venezuela for 14 years have perfected a particularly illiberal practice bending constitutional rules to allow themselves to be reelected again and again. In Bolivia, President Evo Morales s new 2009 constitution banned reelection to a third consecutive term, but now the Constitutional Court has allowed him to run, arguing that the Bolivian state has been refounded.

On December 6 last year, Evo Morales was re elected President of Bolivia with more than 60 of the popular vote. In her preliminary statement, the EU Head of Mission, MEP Renate Weber, stated that the electoral process had, in general terms, adhered to international standards with respect to democratic elections, and that the Bolivian Electoral Commission had acted in a transparent, neutral, and efficient way.

However, article 48 of Supreme Decree No. 24423 of 29 November 1996 on the Immigration Regime regulates the expulsion of foreign nationals, specifying those individuals who may be expelled from the country and permanently banned from returning to Bolivian territory. Paragraph (f) of the article provides for compulsory expulsion in the case of individuals who participate directly or indirectly in activities involving money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorism

The Heads of State and Government of the Ibero American countries, on the occasion of their Fifteenth Summit, held in Salamanca, Spain, declare their appreciation and support of the efforts of the Bolivian people and the Government headed by President Eduardo Rodríquez Veltzé as significant contributions to democracy in their country, to civil peace, and to dialogue as an effective tool for securing democratic participation and institutional continuity.

In May 2004, his delegation, jointly with the Mongolian and Bolivian delegations, had presented a specific proposal before the Committee on Trade and Development basically promoting free market access for both agricultural and non agricultural products as well as for services, in favour of small economies and the granting of technical cooperation and other facilitating mechanisms in order to achieve their better integration in the international trading system.

Or as Schelling put it, imagine if you were a rich as you will be a rich Chinese, a rich Bolivian, a rich Congolese, in 2100, thinking back on 2005, and saying, How odd that they cared so much about helping me a little bit through climate change, and cared so fairly little about helping my grandfather and my great grandfather, whom they could have helped so much more, and who needed the help so much more?