The politics of Bolivia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president is head of state,head of government and head of a diverse multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament. Both the Judiciary and the electoral branch are independent of the executive and the legislature. After the 2014 Bolivian general election,53.1% of the seats in national parliament were held by women,a higher proportion of women than that of the population.
Cochabamba,from Quechua qucha or qhucha,meaning "lake",pampa meaning "plain",is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from its geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km2. Its population in the 2012 census was 1,758,143. Its capital is the city of Cochabamba,known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year.
The Plurinational Legislative Assembly is the national legislature of Bolivia,placed in La Paz,the country's seat of government.
The Fearless Movement is a defunct progressive political party in Bolivia. MSM was founded on March 1,1999 and dissolved following the 2014 Bolivian general election.
Movement for Socialism –Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples,is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as Masistas. In the December 2005 election,MAS-IPSP won the first ever majority victory by a single Bolivian party. The party continued to rule until 10 November 2019,and was victorious again in the 2020 elections.
The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded in late 2003 by Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,who had broken with the Revolutionary Left Movement earlier that year. It has 36 members of the Chamber of Deputies in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Despite its substantial share of the urban vote,and 16 former mayors,it does not control any city halls or governorships. The party is closely identified with Doria Medina's cement company Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento (Soboce).
The 2010 Bolivian regional elections were held on 4 April 2010. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 5 million people. Among the officials elected are:
The Assembly for the Sovereignty of the Peoples was a political organization in Bolivia. It was formed as a "political instrument" of the popular movements of the country. Alejo Véliz was the national president of ASP.
The United Left was a political coalition in Bolivia. IU was launched ahead of the 1989 national elections,as a successor of the United People's Front (FPU). At the time of its founding IU consisted of eight parties,including the Revolutionary Left Movement - Free Bolivia (MIR-BL),the Communist Party of Bolivia (PCB),the Socialist Party-1 (PS-1),the Axis of Patriotic Convergence (ECP),the Movement for Socialist-Unzaguist (MAS-U) and FOM.
General elections were held in Bolivia on 12 October 2014,the second to take place under the country's 2009 constitution,and the first supervised by the Plurinational Electoral Organ,a newly created fourth branch of government. Incumbent President Evo Morales was re-elected for a third term.
The 2010–2015 Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia was the first class of the Bolivian legislature,also known as the Plurinational Legislative Assembly,to go by that name. The Assembly was controlled in both houses by the governing Movement for Socialism (MAS-IPSP),elected with a 2/3 supermajority,although some members later separated themselves from the majority. Just four incumbent members of the 2005–2010 Congress returned:Deputy Antonio Franco;Deputy Javier Zabaleta (MAS-IPSP/MSM);Senator RenéMartínez (MAS-IPSP),who was a deputy;and Senator Róger Pinto,previously of Podemos and now representing PPB-CN.
Events in the year 2021 in Bolivia.
The 2021 Bolivian regional elections were held on 7 March 2021. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 7 million people. This was the third regional election under the 2009 constitution. It was postponed from the expected date of 2020 due to the 2019 Bolivian political crisis and delays in holding the 2020 Bolivian general election. All elected authorities assumed office on 3 May.
Events from the year 2022 in Bolivia.
Freddy Mamani Laura is a Bolivian educator,politician,and trade unionist who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Movement for Socialism,he has served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz since 2020. He previously served as executive secretary of the National Confederation of Rural Teachers of Bolivia and as departmental executive of the Federation of Rural Teachers of La Paz. Prior to entering politics,Mamani worked as a teacher,serving as the principal of various rural schools in the department.
Rebeca Elvira Delgado Burgoa is a Bolivian academic,lawyer,magistrate,and politician who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2012 to 2013. As a member of the Movement for Socialism,she served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Cochabamba from 2010 to 2014. Prior to her election to the lower chamber,Delgado served as a party-list member of the Constituent Assembly from Cochabamba from 2006 to 2007 and was vice minister of government coordination from 2008 to 2009. Delgado's near-decade-long political and legislative tenure was preceded by a fifteen-year career as a public servant,during which time she worked as a public defender and examining magistrate,was a magistrate on the Departmental Electoral Court of Cochabamba,and served as the Ombudsman's Office's delegate for the fight against corruption in Cochabamba.
Miriam Marcela Revollo Quiroga is a Bolivian academic,politician,and sociologist who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz,representing circumscription 10 from 2010 to 2015. Though Revollo's political career is closely linked to that of her husband,longtime La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado,her political origins are independent of marriage. A graduate of the higher universities of San Simón and San Andrés,Revollo entered political life as an activist in the student movement and was a steadfast advocate for the inclusion of women in the country's democratic process. Together with her husband,she founded the Fearless Movement,with which she was elected as a party-list member of the Constituent Assembly from La Paz from 2006 to 2007. As a parliamentarian,she continued to work toward the advancement of women's causes,largely supporting the social policies enacted by the ruling Movement for Socialism,even as she simultaneously criticized many of the administration's illiberal practices.
Tito Veizaga Cossío is a Bolivian cocalero activist,politician,and trade unionist who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz,representing circumscription 17 from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism,Veizaga followed the usual path taken by rural union leaders,scaling the ranks of trade syndicate leadership until reaching the departmental level. In 2004,he was elected to serve as mayor of Cajuata,and though he failed in his attempt at reelection in 2010,he maintained a presence in his party's internal structure. In 2014,Veizaga was elected to represent the Yungas region in the Chamber of Deputies. Though many local cocaleros opposed the government's attempt at regulating their crop,Veizaga held the party line,supporting the passage of the 2017 General Law of Coca. He was not nominated for reelection.
Freddy Germán Huayta Véliz is a Bolivian community organizer and politician who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Oruro from 2010 to 2015.
General elections are scheduled to take place in Bolivia in August 2025. Voters will elect the President of Bolivia and Vice President of Bolivia,130 members of the Chamber of Deputies,and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators.
