Bolivia

Bolivia: An
Overview
8.3 Million People
●

● 65% Urban/36%
Rural
● 95% Catholic/5%
Protestant
● 55-70% Indigenous
● President: Evo
Morales
● Over 60% Poverty
rate
 ...Timeline
● 1538: “Upper Peru” colonized, city of
Sucre founded
● 1624: University of San Francisco
Xavier of Chuquisaca founded
● 1809-1825: War of Independence
● 1826: Simon Bolivar appointed as
first president
● 1982: Democracy returns to Bolivia
● 2005: Evo Morales elected President
 Tolerance...
● Low tolerance levels
rooted in Spanish
dehumanization of the
natives
● Evo Morales' Policies

increase racial
 Social Moblity
● Low social mobility due to lack
of educational oppurutnies
● School ends for most at age

12
● Average adult attended school

for 5.6 years

● Literacy rates are reported

high but are deceptive

 Institutions...
●World Bank

●International

Monetary Fund
●Foreign

Governments
Forces of Change...
●Evo Morales
●Indians

●Mestizos
 Coping with
societal position...