Bolivia, A Country Known For Natural Resources

Bolivia is a Spanish speaking country in South America surrounded by other Spanishspeaking countries; Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru. Bolivia was conquered in the 1500’s by Spain, but became independent in 1825. Home to the Andes Mountains and several tropical rain forests, Bolivia is a major vacation spot. The country was named after a previous general from Venezuela who helped them gain their freedom from Spain. Interestingly enough, Bolivia has two capitols which are Sucre and La Paz. Despite the fun fact, that Bolivia has two capitols in their country, their history proves just how hard they had to work to get that freedom (World Book 442-446).

Bolivia is a small but diverse country in both architecture and culture due to foreign

The scientific interest in cocaine was part of an awakening of Peruvian scientific nationalism. Lima’s medical elites and modern chemistry transformed the coca plant into medicinal cocaine in the nineteenth century. Peruvians took an herb that held deep cultural meanings in Incan history and changed it into an exclusive and modern good. This early study of coca combined science and patriotism. Peruvian scientist’s proximity and experiences lent a privileged place as compared to scientists in Europe. With help from Peruvians like Moreno y Maíz and J. C. Ulloa, elite scientific nationalism made local and traditional coca and universal and scientifically modern cocaine into national subjects, or what Gootenberg calls “highland

The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent (the other being Paraguay), and Bolivia is more urban (67%) than rural (23%). The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes, and Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth, which is shared with Peru.

The capital of Bolivia is La Paz. Bolivia is the most impecunious country in South America, which is depressing, but things have gotten better over the past 20 years. La Paz is the highest capital in the world, sitting about 12,000 feet above sea level. La Paz translates to “the peace,” which is abbreviated for “the Peace of Ayacucho.” They had an unscrupulous government, taking money from our people, affecting its economy in a terrible way. Bolivia has the second biggest area of natural gas in South America and also has El Mutun, which is the world’s biggest amount of magnesium and iron, but it is difficult for people to utilize our crops to acquire richness because of its terrible environment and horrible government. The Peace of Ayacucho

1. Bolivia has two capital cities: La Paz (the administrative capital) and Sucre (the judicial capital).

The alternative crop programs the US proposed to replace coca failed for various reasons. The unstable political situation made the area too dangerous to bring in “agronomists, engineers, and project specialists” to survey the land (Kirk 265). Even if farmers had been successful in growing alternative crops, the Colombian market for legal crops such as corn, yucca, coffee and chocolate was already “battered by global shifts in price.”(Kirk 264) Legal crops had to be transported on poor roads and farmers had to wait months to be paid for their goods. These were no competition for coca which was paid for immediately, often times with American cash, and transported without any charge to the farmers (Kirk 243).

Bolivia is full of mountainous terrain but is dominated by the Amazon jungle. Nearly ¾ of the population lives on the mountainous terrain because it is more of a plateau than a mountain. The tops of most of the mountains are flat, with some exceptions such Nevado Sajama and Uturuncu, which are volcanoes in Bolivia. The people who don’t live on the mountains are usually farmers or loggers. Both of Bolivia’s capitals are located on the flat mountain tops.

Did you know that 1 out of 100 people in Bolivia have a car? Bolivia is not a rich country, in fact is it the poorest country in South America. Bolivia is a very interesting country, because of its Land,Weather, its people, and its animals.

Sweat beaded down my back as I paused to think about where I could use the bathroom. I turned around to see my host mother carefully and swiftly picking the coca leaves one by one and stuffing them into a bag that was tied around her waist. The voice of Jorge Medina, an afro-Bolivian advocate echoed from the radio next to her. “The government has taken significant steps to recognize the Afro-Bolivian population in the census, but more work still needs to be done. In many of rural areas Afro-Bolivians still do not have access to quality education and even learning their history in schools. Many Afro-Bolivian farmers do not have clean water in their homes or do not have bathrooms.” Just then my host mother looked up at me. Slightly embarrassed I asked, her“where can I use the bathroom.” She pointed to a bush nearby, “make sure you go quickly and duck so no one sees you.

Bolivia" was created in honor of the inspirational leader, hailed by many as El Libertador (The

At least some Republicans can give themselves a pat on the back for attempting to remove the Columbian aid from the $13 billion foreign aid bill.  Unfortunately, today's drug war is largely a Reagan-era Republican creation, so intoxicating that even the vast majority of liberals mindlessly defend it.  Regardless, both parties now overwhelmingly champion the war on drugs, leaving its opponents a mix of unlikely allies, from Nobel Laureate and economist

Bolivia's current leader is Evo Morales. He has been president of Bolivia since 2006. Bolivia’s life expectancy is 69 for males and 73 for females. As of 2016 Bolivia’s population is about 10.89 million. The main trade products of Bolivia are petroleum, zinc ore, gold, precious metal ore, and soy bean meal.

Bolivia has the weakest economic system in South America (Murdock). The country is so poor that they had no other option than to sell of their railroads, mines, oil and gas fields, electric companies and so much more (Hennigan). Yet, Bolivia’s economy had not gotten any better. The government of Bolivia asked the World Bank what should be done (Shultz). The bank encouraged Bolivia’s government to continue to sell their resources to foreign companies because doing so “opens the door to needed investment” into the country (Shultz). Bolivia did just that. They government sold Cochabamba’s water in 1999 (Murdock). The buyer was a Aguas del Tunari, a division in a company called

The shrubs and plants from which both drugs are derived from and processed has been well known in Colombia for centuries, but until the 1970s drug refiners and traffickers had not taken full advantage. The chewing of coca