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Bolivia's geography is very diverse, ranging from towering mountains in the west and south-west areas of the country to the [[Amazon]] jungle and savannas in the north to the [[Gran Chaco|Chaco]] and swamps in the east and south-east. In central Bolivia lies the [[Salar de Uyuni]] which is the world's largest and highest salt flat.
Bolivia's geography is very diverse, ranging from towering mountains in the west and south-west areas of the country to the [[Amazon]] jungle and savannas in the north to the [[Gran Chaco|Chaco]] and swamps in the east and south-east. In central Bolivia lies the [[Salar de Uyuni]] which is the world's largest and highest salt flat.
== People ==
== People ==
President Morales also secured passage of legislation convoking a special election for delegates to a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The MAS performed well in those elections, capturing 137 of 255 seats. The assembly convened on August 6, 2006, and planned to complete its work by August 2007; however, the Congress extended its mandate to December 14, 2007. The assembly has made little progress to date, largely due to a political deadlock over the constituent assembly's voting rules. Although rules were ostensibly clarified in February 2007, the subject reemerged in August, after the legality of a vote to exclude the location of the capital was contested by the opposition. As of September 2007, the constituent assembly was in recess until October.
President Morales also secured passage of legislation convoking a special election for delegates to a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. The MAS performed well in those elections, capturing 137 of 255 seats. The assembly convened on August 6, 2006, and planned to complete its work by August 2007; however, the Congress extended its mandate to December 14, 2007. The assembly has made little progress to date, largely due to a political deadlock over the constituent assembly's voting rules. Although rules were ostensibly clarified in February 2007, the subject reemerged in August, after the legality of a vote to exclude the location of the capital was contested by the opposition. As of September 2007, the constituent assembly was in recess until October.
In Dec. 2009 President far-left [[Evo Morales]] won a second term by a landslide, with 61% of the vote; his '''Movement to Socialism''' party won a two-thirds majority in Congress. The result will allow him to implement a new constitution granting new rights to indigenous peoples and to strengthen state control over the economy, which conservatives have denounced as socialism similar to that of [[Hugo Chavez]] in [[Venezuela]].<ref>see [https://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_ID=15065929 '"Economist'' report]</ref>
In 2019, Morales "won" the presidential election again, though his opponents and the Bolivian people refused to accept the results because of fraud.<ref>Machicao, Monica; Ramos, Daniel; Limchi, Sergio (November 10, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-election-democracy/bolivia-is-shattered-election-crisis-leaves-deeply-divided-nation-idUSKBN1XK0K0 'Bolivia is shattered': Election crisis leaves deeply divided nation]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 10, 2019.</ref> Amid massive anti-Morales protests, the military called on him to step down and members of the police joined the protestors.<ref>Multiple references:
In 2019, Morales "won" the presidential election again, though his opponents and the Bolivian people refused to accept the results because of fraud.<ref>Machicao, Monica; Ramos, Daniel; Limchi, Sergio (November 10, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-election-democracy/bolivia-is-shattered-election-crisis-leaves-deeply-divided-nation-idUSKBN1XK0K0 'Bolivia is shattered': Election crisis leaves deeply divided nation]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 10, 2019.</ref> Amid massive anti-Morales protests, the military called on him to step down and members of the police joined the protestors.<ref>Multiple references: