Bolivia neighboring countries

the climate of bolivia

know: Cordillera de los Andes (to the east), Cordillera de la Costa (to the west) and in the center the Depresión Intermedia. A fourth feature is the coastal plains, although their development varies in importance and continuity throughout the country.

From the climatic point of view, the great diversity is explained by the existence of the aforementioned reliefs, together with the country’s position facing the Pacific Ocean, the Humboldt Current and the Pacific Anticyclone; and in addition, all of them are combined with the vast latitudinal extension of our country. Thus, the north-south climatic variety begins with the extreme aridity of the desert zone, to the cold rainy climates of the extreme south, passing through the warm temperate climates of the Central Zone of the country.

The combination of morphological and climatic elements generates five broadly defined natural units in a north-south direction, these are: Norte Grande, which includes the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta; Norte Chico, regions of Atacama and Coquimbo; Zona Central, regions of Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins, Maule and Biobío; Zona Sur, regions of Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos; and Zona Austral, regions of Aysén and Magallanes and Antártica Chilena.

bolivian-argentine border

During its first century of existence there were numerous political and war events that marked Bolivian history, among them are: the War of the Pacific (1879-1884), a war with neighboring Chile, the Federal War (1898-1899), which involved the northern sectors of the country: The War of the Pacific (1879-1884), a war with the neighboring country of Chile, the Federal War (1898-1899), which involved the northern sectors of the country (liberals) confronted against those of the south (conservatives) and resulted in the transfer of the seat of government to the city of La Paz, and the Acre War (1899-1903), a series of clashes with Brazil.

Since then, there have been different moments in which different approaches to the political and economic administration of the State have been taken, but always within the framework of compliance with the political constitution and the democratic political regime.

Since 2005 and with greater emphasis with the re-election of President Evo Morales in December 2009, Bolivia has been going through a period of political transition and reorientation of the State with the promotion of a model of intercultural participatory democracy, guided by the mandates of the New Political Constitution of the State, which includes profound changes in terms of human rights, gender equity and recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples.

geography of bolivia

The new president Mesa comes to power with the promise to call for a binding referendum on gas, the establishment of a Constituent Assembly and a reform of the Hydrocarbons Law, including a review of the privatization processes. The referendum ended up giving the victory to Carlos Mesa’s proposals, although with a low participation and a confusing wording of the questions. President Mesa, unable to capitalize on the legitimacy granted by the plebiscite, resigned and called early presidential elections in 2005, which brought to power the first indigenous president in Bolivia’s history, Evo Morales, with an absolute majority. Natural gas thus became the main catalyst for political change in Bolivia.

According to the contracts signed with Brazil (1999) and Argentina (2005), export prices are indexed to a basket of hydrocarbons, which in general has guaranteed Bolivia a very favorable price, higher than the Henry Hub price, but which makes the country equally dependent on fluctuations in international commodity prices. However, the revolution of non-conventional technology and new forms of transportation, now more economical, such as LNG, are transforming the reality of the natural gas market in the Southern Cone. This new situation, linked to the end of the contracts with Brazil in 2019 and Argentina in 2026, puts in check the future of the main asset of the Bolivian economy.

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The QR bar code or holograms should be implemented on imported products, replacing the current stamps that are easy to counterfeit.    For example, change the ICE stamp for beverages and tobacco imports.

Néstor Conde, president of Conamype, mentioned that when neighboring countries depreciate their currencies, Bolivian products become more expensive and traders prefer to smuggle cheap clothes.

The Made in Bolivia Foundation and the Chamber of Exporters of Cochabamba (Cadexco) joined alliances with the objective of improving national productivity and boosting business development and economic promotion through complementation activities.

«It is time to rethink the Bolivian economy and its productive enterprises that generate employment and wealth for the country. It is time for a change of attitude and will of all aimed at generating confidence in the population for a dynamization of the national economy,» he said.

«These are figures that call our attention, different sectors are affected by informality and smuggling and, in this sense, as Cadexco, we will generate different actions and strategies to support our members,» said the president of Cadexco.