Bolivia

in the 1980s feeding into the international cocaine market. In response to U.S.-funded attempts to eradicate and fumigate coca crops in the Chapare region of Bolivia, the indigenous organizations that grow the plant joined together to contest the government in what is known as the cocalero movement. Evo Morales, who became president of Bolivia in 2006, is a leader of this movement. The United States’ desire to suppress cultivation of the Coca plant due to its role in making Cocaine does not serve as

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

the people inside created quite an uproar in the year 2000 (Murdock). What was the cause? Water. 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

that happened in Bolivia, and other Latin American countries such as Argentina, and shine a light on neoliberalism and capitalism. The paper will also provide some suggestion on how to prevent the privatization of water, and lastly, will look into the aftermath of Bolivia 's water war, and whether or not it met the MDGs. Furthermore, water is a natural resource that should not be bought or privatized by companies because it does more harm than good. For example, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, it caused a water

A conversation about the natural resource curse in Bolivia is especially imperative today with the recent crash of oil prices which affects Bolivia’s export revenues as natural gas prices are indexed to oil prices. This chapter seeks to explore Bolivia’s economic structure; whether the natural resource curse phenomenon is already occuring in Bolivia? What are the contributors to their susceptibility to the risks of the resource curse? What role did Bolivia’s state-managed economy play in contributing

range, 8,000 feet high, in the country of Bolivia. In 1950, Cochabamba’s population was 75,000, and it topped 500,000 in 2001. Given limited annual rainfall, compounded by increased population growth, in 2001 the community faced significant water challenges (Shultz, 2008). In addition, Cochabamba was faced with a high level of poverty among residents, and a government that was continually going into debt (Forero, 2005). Outside of their control, Bolivia was forced to deal with climate

I was born on September 19, 2000. I am originally from a country called Bolivia. It is located in South America and it’s neighbors with Argentina and Brazil. My life there was pretty good. I had many friends, my whole mom’s side of the family lived there and part of my dad’s. I also went to a private italian school and thought my life was going great. I lived there until i was 7 years old. Man did I love the food and the climate there. It felt like paradise. I never thought of moving out that

The World Bank and the IMF I am from Bolivia and I have seen the conflicts created by the World Bank fist hand, in my country , my city, my streets , my home. From 1986 to 2001, Bolivia's economic policies were influenced by the World Bank. The Bolivian government received more than US$ 350 million to solve problems caused by the previous political instability causing that in 1985 inflation reached a 25000% annually. The World Bank lent money to Bolivia in exchange for our following their economic

restrictions on imports” (Rowntree, Lewis, Price, & Wyckoff, 2008). There are several Latin American countries who are accepting the neoliberalism ideology; however, there are some countries like Peru and Bolivia who are not embracing the neoliberalism philosophy. “Recent protests in Peru and Bolivia reflect the popular anger against trade policies that seem to benefit only the elite” (Rowntree, Lewis, Price, &

Similar to Chavez, Evo Morales contributed to the concept of geography as part of making a nation because Bolivia is divided into two races groups: European and Indigenous. It was difficult for Evo to be able to unify Bolivia for being an Indigenous person. He can be seemed as one of the men that Renan mentioned who are “healthy in mind and warm of heart” because he was creating a kind of moral conscience based on