Morales Ratifies Recall Referendum
“No” votes will need to be below the following percentages for them to remain in office: President and Vice President: 53.74% Prefects: La Paz 37.988%Chuquisaca (Sucre) 42.306% (although this is…
Illegal Autonomy Referendum Deepens Division in Bolivia
National Electoral Court brakes race for referendums In February 2008, lowland departmental leaders and the Morales administration began a breakneck race to block each others’ initiatives to convoke referendums As…
Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunities and Challenges (4)
Public Participation, Transparency, and Accountability Under Bolivia’s 1994 Popular Participation Law, Bolivian citizens are able to participate in decision-making regarding public funds, including oil and gas revenues, at the municipal…
Bolivia’s Gas Nationalization: Opportunity and Challenges
The four memos in this series on Bolivian oil and gas policy and the challenges facing the nation is part of an ongoing project of the Andean Information Network and…