Bolivia Government

U.S. actions were in response to requests from the Government of Bolivia under Article 9 of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. ... [Read More]

Bolivia Federal Register Notice, 1989

Under section 303(a)(3) of the Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(3)), the Government of Bolivia, a State Party to the 1970 UNESCO Convention, requested the U.S. Government to impose emergency import restrictions on certain endangered cultural material to assist Bolivia in protecting its cultural patrimony. Notice of receipt of the request was published by the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) in the Federal Register on May 20, 1988 (52 FR 11544).  ... [Read More]

Country Program: Bolivia

The Bolivian Government is cooperating closely with the U.S. counterdrug effort. Presidential and general elections will be held in June 2002. The U.S. will work with the new government (which will take office in August 2002) to establish the Bolivian drug policy and bilateral relationship with the U.S. for the next five-year administration. ...

The U.S. Government is also providing support for the implementation of Bolivian judicial reforms, such as the Code of Criminal Procedures enacted in May 2001, which will make the judicial system more transparent, credible, rapid, and accessible to the public. ... [Read More]

Bolivia International Adoption

e-mail: vicejunite@alamo.entelnet.bo ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS: Married or unmarried U.S. citizens must be at least 25 years of age to adopt a child in Bolivia. The spouse of a married U.S. citizen does not have to be a U.S. citizen; however, if living in the United States, the spouse must have legal immigration status. Prospective parents may also have biological children of their own and/or other adopted children. [Read More]

Bolivia

Workers may form and join organizations of their choosing; however, labor leaders consistently state that a section of the 1985 Economic Liberalization Decree, which addresses the free contracting of labor, undermines any protections against dismissal without cause. Labor leaders allege that employers use or threaten to use this article to limit unionization. The Labor Code requires prior government authorization to establish a union, permits only one union per enterprise, and allows the Government to dissolve unions by administrative fiat; however, the Government has not enforced these provisions in recent years. The law requires the Government to confirm the legitimately elected officers of unions, a difficult role that it is not known to abuse. While the code denies civil servants the right to organize and bans strikes in public services, including banks and public markets, nearly all civilian government workers are unionized. Workers generally are not penalized for union activities ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Cyprus is a destination country for women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Traffickers who forced women into prostitution continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas. There was increasing evidence of Chinese women being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Cyprus made some progress in its anti-trafficking efforts over the past year. The new police anti-trafficking unit produced successful results and showed vigilance in combating the problem. Government recognition of the problem improve ... [Read More]

Bolivia

Confrontations between area residents and government authorities over coca eradication have resulted in the use of tear gas and stronger force by government authorities to quell disturbances. Pro-coca groups have expressed anti-U.S. sentiments and may attempt to target U.S. Government or private interests. U.S. citizen visitors to the Chapare or Yungas regions are encouraged to check with the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy prior to travel. ... [Read More]

U.S.-Bolivia 2001 Agreement, English

of Bolivia; Acting pursuant to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, to which both countries are States Party; and Desiring to reduce the incentive for pillage of certain categories of irreplaceable archaeological material representing the Precolumbian cultures of Bolivia and certain ethnological material from the Colonial and Republican periods of Bolivia; Have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I A. The Gov ... [Read More]

Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Country Program: Bolivia

Key U.S. Counternarcotics Goals Disrupt the transportation and export/transshipment of illegal coca leaf and precursor chemicals;Help GOB develop and maintain programs that reduce coca production and control marketing of licit coca leaf;Help develop and maintain strong counternarcotics and anti-crime policies and programs within the GOB; support GOB initiatives to strengthen and secure its own borders against transnational crime; develop the professional capabilities of counternarcotics forces within the GOB's judiciary and police;Encourage public awareness of the drug trafficking threat and greater domestic support for counternarcotics policies and programs;Promote development of a stable, representative government characterized by political and social order, citizen confidence in the pol ... [Read More]