Bolivia: Declaration of Regional Autonomy
(Dec. 2, 2007) Bolivia is now at a critical junction. Four departments (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando) rich in oil, soy and cattle declared autonomy on December 15, 2007, while three others (La...
View ArticleBolivia: Constitutional Referendum
(Mar. 2, 2008) On February 28, 2008, the Bolivian Congress, in a vote boycotted by the opposition, approved the holding of a referendum on May 4 on a draft constitution drawn up by supporters of...
View ArticleBolivia: Law Against Racism and Any Form of Discrimination
(Nov. 18, 2010) On October 8, 2010, the President of Bolivia signed the Law Against Racism and Any Form of Discrimination (Law 45, Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia (Oct. 8, 2010,...
View ArticleBolivia: New Telecommunications Law
(Aug. 26, 2011) On July 28, 2011, the Bolivian Congress passed a new Law on Telecommunications, Information and Communications Technology (LTICT) (Ley General de Telecomunicaciones, Tecnologías de...
View ArticleBolivia: New Law on the Disabled
(Mar. 8, 2012) On March 2, 2012, President Evo Morales of Bolivia promulgated the General Law on the Disabled, Law No. 223, aimed at improving the quality of life of disabled persons, promoting their...
View ArticleBolivia; Chile; International Court of Justice: Access to the Sea Case
(Apr. 25, 2014) On April 15, 2014, Bolivia submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) a memorandum with arguments supporting its lawsuit filed against Chile for the purpose of reclaiming...
View ArticleBolivia: Code of Children and Adolescents Amended to Allow Ten-Year Olds to Work
(July 8, 2014) On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Código del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will...
View ArticleBolivia: 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention Signed
(Sept. 19, 2016) On January 21, 2016, Bolivia passed Law 778 ratifying the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (HCCH). (Law 778 of January 21, 2016, Bolivian Senate...
View ArticleBolivia: Law on Social Enterprises Promulgated
(May 25, 2018) On May 1, 2018, Bolivian President Evo Morales promulgated Ley 1055 de Empresas Sociales (Law 1055 on Social Enterprises). The new Law allows workers to take over private companies they...
View ArticleBolivia: Special Elections Called After President Morales Resigns
(Dec. 13, 2019) On November 22, 2019, interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez called for general elections to elect a new president and vice president and new leaders of the Senate and Chamber of...
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