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Problems
Police

One problem is that there is organized crime in bolivia

Not all memebers on the police force are clean some of them can be corrupt.

The bolivian government has a hard time providing the money for vehicles and equipment for the police force

This causes more crime and corruption

They tried eradicating drug trade in the mountains in 2014 by getting helicopter

Some solutions they are trying is rewriting laws

This is not that effective

http://www.coha.org/drug-trafficking-in-bolivia-combating-police-corruption-should-not-be-the-only-solution/

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conversion is   1 bolivian boliviano= 0.14 USD

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conversion is   1 bolivian boliviano= 0.14 USD

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Brazilian Currency
Conversion rate 1 Brazilian Real = 0.32 US dollar

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Evo Morales (Current President of Bolivia)

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u.s and brazil are also working on advancing human right issues. they are working on fighting
-ethnic discrimination
-gender equality
-LGBTI
-defend freedom
- advocate people with disabilities

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Protests

Many protesters turn violent and destructive

They sometimes burn tires

Throw molotov cocktails

destroy property

It is against the law for foreigners to engage in political activity

https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17905

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For the country of Bolivia for the most part since 2004 has been a very unsuccessful country

Then in 2004 the imports and export rates have went up significantly increased up until 2008 when the country had a fall then their import and export rate dropped from about 7$ billion to about 5.5$ billion

Then got back of track up until 2014 then it started to go back down tremendously it went from its peak from where it has every been as a country then it started to go downhill from their

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/bol/

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the United States and Brazil are committed on working together on climate change.
June 2015 they started a joint Initiative to help with sustainable land use, clean energy, and clean adaptation
U.S and brazil's climate changing group last met in New York to talk about the brazil lab that will help finance brazil.

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allies:

U.S

England

Australia

Canada

Switzerland

Germany

Spain

http://www.answers.com/Q/Does_Brazil_Have_any_allies_and_enemies?#slide=5

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Problems

Crime

fraud

confidence scams

kidnappings

gang violence

pickpocketing

Many of the the crimes happen in big cities.

This can happen to tourists affecting their view on how Bolivia is

If your car is stopped at an intersection people may try and carjack you.

Road safety is also an issue. Many roads are unpaved

This is because the government can provide maintenance

The crime rating is high

Terrorism

there are no known Middle eastern terrorist groups in bolivia at the moment

Their terrorism rating is Low

https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17905

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Constitution

Constitution was changed from a change in 1967 to 1994, these changes gave more balance to each branch of the government.

It also allowed local populations to elect their own governments

the latest change was in 2009 - Evo Morales goal was to end social injustice and inequality. he also wanted to nationalize industry.

This new constitution also stressed the ethnicity to the Bolivian people.  (this was in 2006) then in 2009 it was finally passed.

http://countrystudies.us/bolivia/72.htm
http://www.constitutionnet.org/country/constitutional-history-bolivia

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Suffrage

ALl citizens the age of 21 have the right to vote

If you are 18 and married then you can vote

If you do not register to vote then you will receive penalties because it is a civic duty

Traitors, convicts and mental patients are ineligible to vote

http://www.boliviabella.com/voting.html

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Military
Four Branches

Army - (Ejercito Boliviano)

Navy - (Fuerza Naval Boliviana)

Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Boliviana)

Police - (Policia Nacional de Bolivia)

There are about  71,200 people serving in Bolivia's military

Ranked 7th out of South American countries

Worldwide rank 61st

(Names on the right are the Names in Spanish)

http://www.boliviabella.com/government.html
https://country-facts.findthedata.com/l/164/Bolivia

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Legal System
Bolivia's legal system is modeled off of the Napoleonic code and Spanish Law. They run their laws off of Civil laws .
http://www.boliviabella.com/government.html

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Past Leaders

Jaime Paz Zamora - (1989-1993)

Revolutionary Movement party

Wanted to improve life of the poor

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada (1993-1997)

Revolutionary Nationalist party

Helped constitutional reforms

Hugo Bánzer Suárez  (1997-2001)

Nationalist Democratic party

He was a military general

Jorge Quiroga Ramírez  2001-2002

Christian Democratic party

Graduated from Texas A&M

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada  August  2002 - October 2003

Revolutionary Nationalist party  (yes he was elected again)

Carlos Mesa   Oct. 2003 - June 2005

Independence

He wa a former journalist

Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé   June 2005 - January 2006

Independence

served as former chief justice of supreme court

Juan Evo Morales Ayma  -  2006 - today

Socialism

http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Executive/Bolivia/pres.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/07/world/bolivia-installs-an-ex-revolutionary-as-president.html
https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2011/07/former-bolivian-president-deliver-montgomery-fellow-lecture-july-26

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Government
Republic of Bolivia

Three branches

Executive - includes the president,v vice president, and Ministers of State

President and VIce president are nationally elected while the Ministers of State are appointed.

Legislative - congress that elects the 130 members in this branch. Composed of 2 chambers Chamber of Deputies (130 members) and Chamber of Senators (36 members)

Judicial - Supreme court (appointed by congress for 10 year term)

This branch upholds the constitution

https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/bolivia/government
https://country-facts.findthedata.com/l/164/Bolivia
http://www.boliviabella.com/government.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/bolivia/government.htm

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Their 3 biggest trading partners are
-Brazil 27%
-Argentina 16%
-The United States 12%

Their 3 Biggest exports are

-Petroleum gas 42%
-Zinc Ore 9.8%
-Gold8%

Their 3 biggest imports are

-Cars 6.1%
-Refined Petroleum 5.4%
-Delivery Trucks 4.4
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Tariffs

The average tariffs across all products is 13.66%

The maximum is 55%!!!

Industrial products can range from 0% to 15%.  It is a federal tax

The amount of                        Federal(18%) + Industrial(55%)+ Import(35%) taxes can amost make the price of imported cars by 100%

http://wits.worldbank.org/CountrySnapshot/en/BRA/textview
http://trade.gov/topmarkets/pdf/Autoparts_Brazil.pdf

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What main countries did Brazil Trade With?

China

18% of its exports

18% Imports

USA

13% exports

15% Imports

Argentina

6.6% exports

6% imports

Netherlands

4% exports

1.5% imports

Germany

3.3% exports

6.2% imports

(you can see that Brazil exports more percentage than they import. Except for Germany) This is because Germany Materials for Brazil

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the US was the first country to recognize brazil's independence

they have strong people to people relations that benefit both countries through

-energy
-education
-health
-tecnology

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Imports

mineral fuels

aircraft

iron and steel

machinery

coffee

vegetables & fruit juices

red meat

tobacco

spices

exports

aircraft

machinery

mineral fuels

feeds

dairy products

chocolate and coco products

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/brazil

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Bolivia gained independance August 6, 1825 from spanish colonial rule. It was gained through a long drawn out series of battles which lasted 15 years. Then Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose were the leaders to fight for independence So that is why Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivar.http://www.donquijote.org/culture/bolivia/history/bolivian-independence

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Trade with United States[imports])

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Trade with United States[imports])

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The United States imports about $1.08 billion in products

The major imports

Gold, 48%

Silver, 7.9%

jewelry. 5.4%

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Trade with United States[exports])

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Trade with United States[exports])

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The United States exports about $1.01 billion to Bolivia.

They major exports

various machines, 37%

transportation vehicles 14%

Mineral Products 12

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/bol/show/2015/

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Brazil is the world's 5th largest country in the world
Its early 2000 - 2008 had a thriving economy.
Lately it's hasn't been thriving like it used to
2015 Its economy shrank about 3.8% due to President Rousseff policies. Also its raw materials diminished when she became president.  Some reasons why are because of corruption scandals.  The early 2000's it surged but lately it has been in a recession
2015 Brazil had the world's 7th largest economy
The latest Olympics was supposed to help out Brazil's economy showing what power they have. Since they were granted the right to host the 2016 Olympics Instead Brazil faced a recession because it was hard for them to provide the right materials for the Olympics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2rmjDDJ2E (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGU5Vz5QYDw(Video)
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/will-brazils-economy-improve-after-olympics.asp

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Outcomes/ benefits of USAID program)

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (Outcomes/ benefits of USAID program)

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1. The USAID program in Bolivia is a big part in stopping the drug trade in south america.

2. The United states give annually $85 million to Bolivia to help the illegal drug trade stop.

https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35751.htm

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CRIME

most of brazil's violent cities are in the north.

no respect for police

one of the main criminal groups is the
-Red command.

oldest criminal group

started in Rio de Janeiro prison.

started with bank robberies and muggings

now in the cocaine trade

-First Capital Command PCC

inspired from the Red command

Formed by Prisoners

started in Sao Paulo

largest criminal group

controls drug trafficking in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

http://www.insightcrime.org/brazil-organized-crime-news/first-capital-command-pcc

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Economical status (Bolivia) Overall statement 

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Economical status (Bolivia) Overall statement 

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Overall Bolivia is a poor country due to poor country choices.

One reason is because they are importing more than they are exporting.

As of 2015 Bolivia had a negative trade balance of $564M in net imports.

So they Buy more products than they can sell.

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (President Relationship) 

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (President Relationship) 

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The relationship between the two presidents for Evo Morales and the United States president has been patchy for the past couple of years.

The relationship is like this because Evo wants to legalize coca and some other drugs in his country to help "better" the economy. But that is strictly what the united states is trying to prevent is the growth of the illegal drugs.

So since they don't see eye to eye on that President Evo has thought to remove the U.S. embassy from La Paz but we think the reason he hasn't done it yet is because the United States id 87% of the trade in North America and one of Bolivia's best trading partners.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35751.htm

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POVERTY

in the past decade brazil has lifted 25 million people out of poverty

in 2008 it was mostly middle class

they just made another plan called Brazil without Misery with a goal to help the 16 million people still living in extreme poverty

the world back offered $8 million to help the program

10% or the richest people get 40% of the country's income .

10% of the poorest people get 1% of the country's income

8.5% of the population lives on $45 a month

4.8% lives on no income

https://borgenproject.org/poverty-in-brazil/

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rulers since 1990

1. Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (1990–92)

-he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his trial of impeachment.

2.Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (1992–95)

3. Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2003)

4.Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003–11)

5.Dilma Rousseff (2011– 2016)

6.Michel Temer (2016-)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-presidents-of-Brazil-2061502

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (United States Aid)

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Bolivia's relationship to the U.S. (United States Aid)

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1. - The relationship with bolivia is they are not allies at this point but the united states is still giving Bolivia aid. But Bolivia is in the united nations

2. - Bolivia is on the United States "blacklist" for illegal drugs and is sending aid to Bolivia aid and support to stop the drug trade

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GDP

$1803.65 billion (2015)

This was about 2.86% of the world's economy

GDP per capita has risen steadily since 1990

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-U.S is brazil's second largest trading partner
-USAID and Brazil work together on the development of other countries.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm

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- The imports in Bolivia cost $9.7 billion in products

-Major imports

Cars,

Refined Petroleum,

Delivery trucks,

Large construction Vehicles,

Pesticides

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/bol/

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-allies with the U.S
-they benefit each other
-brazil's has many main imports from the U.S
-brazil was the U.S 17 largest importer in 2015
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm

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In the 16th Century Brazil was discovered by Portugal. Brazil gained independence on september 7, 1822 from portugal
it started when napoleon l invaded portugal in 1807. The United States was the first country to recognize Brazil's newly gained independence. They
https://www.reference.com/geography/did-brazil-gain-its-independence-2201e8b899b6262f#

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Trade

From 1995 - 1999 Brazil imported more than they exported (that is not good)

From 2000 - 2008 they had a huge turnaround and exported more than they import by about $40 Billion a year

But 2008 - 2009 they had a downfall from $206 Billion in 2008 to $158 in 2009 ( still exported more than imported

Strong trade balance since 2001

1995 - 2000 was not good trade balance

Exports

$195 Billion(2015)

Decreased from 2010 which was $207 Billion

Main Exports:

Petroleum 6%

Soybeans 11%

Sugar 4%

Imports

$170 Billion  (2015)

Decreased from 2010 which was $181 Billion

Main Imports:

refined petroleum 4.7%

vehicle parts 3.2%

telephones  2.3%

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/bra/

http://wits.worldbank.org/CountrySnapshot/en/BRA/textview

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- The exports in Bolivia cost $9.1 billion in products

- Major exports

Petroleum Gas,

Zinc Ore,

Gold,

Precious metal ore,

Soybean meal

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/bol/

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the leader is Michel temer
-started presidency in august 31, 2016
37 current president

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Industry

Iron and Steel

ranked one of the top 10 largest in the world

Today there are about 29 steel mills

Considered largest producer in Latin America

Automobile (manufacturing)

The Automobile Industry had a times where levels of technology implanted in the product were not high

Also Brazil makes more compact cars, which contradicts the demand for mid size luxury sedans in the Americas.

Although they have been exporting the car's strongly

1990's through 2002's significantly increase slowly

Contributes about 26.4% of total GDP

Petroleum/oil

This sector has been growing.  This is because other industries require oil.

This field is very technologically advanced because it is a main factor in economic expansion

2015 - 2.3 million gallons of crude oil was produced per day

Brazil Exports more oil than they import (that is good)

Agriculture

Very diverse agricultural industry

Sugarcane

Soybean

coffee

tropical fruits

Agriculture provides about 6.1% of the country's GDP

This field employs about 20% of total labor force

Growth

Brazil's economy has grown in since the last decade. One if its main contributing factors for this is the manufacturing sector of industry.

It is the second largest in the americas

From 2003 to 2014 Brazil's economy helped 29 million people out of poverty.

This helped the economy balance

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Brazil-INDUSTRY.html
http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/brazilian-steel-industry
http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/brazil/industry-sector-industries.html
https://www.export.gov/article?id=Brazil-Automotive-Industry
http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/brazil/overview
http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/oil-industry-in-brazil

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problems:

poverty

chime

-mugging

-robbing
-gang violence
-kidnapping
http://www.brazil.org.za/social-issues.html

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three branches
-executive
-legislative
-judicial

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1. -Population of 11 million people

2. -Named one of the poorest countries in the world

3. -The GDP per Capita is $6.95K

4. -Major industries is mining, smelting, and petroleum.

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/bol/