Bolivia's form of government consist of, "a presidential representative democratic republic", (wikipedia.com). "The president is both the chief of state and the and the head of government", (Boliviabella.com). Executive power is in the hands of the president that is elected for a five year term by popular vote and demand. The legislative branch encloses the Bicameral Plurinational Legislative Assembly that contains the Chamber of Senators; this includes 36 seats where the members are elected through party list to serve a 5 year term), and the Chamber of Deputies; this includes 130 seats—70 are elected from their district, 63 are elected through party list and 7 are indigenous people all to serve five year terms. Both the president and the …show more content…
The current Bolivian president, Evo Morales was first elected president in 2005, and then was re elected in 2009 to serve his second term. In this case there are four major parties involved with the decision of the referendum—President Evo's party MAS (Movement for Socialism), the Broad Front Party and Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and NED (National Endowment for Democracy). MAS is siding to have President Evo re elected and serve another term under the new constitution. The development of MAS was successful when President Evo was elected and began to integrate methods that bettered the economy, country and promoted revenue to a country that was facing extreme poverty. Bolivia was known to be one of the poorest countries in Latin America, restricting the exercise of human rights. This proved to be a huge problem until President Evo was elected and poverty, "went down 25%, extreme poverty 50 percent," (counterpunch.com). MAS helps and supports all these causes that go back into helping the country, which is why this party is all for having Evo serve another term. MAS can also use their 2/3rds party majority in congress to pass the new law, which is all Evo really needs if he does wish to serve another …show more content…
Morales received 3,173,304 votes which totalled to 61.36 percent while Medina received 1,253,288 votes which totalled to 24.23 percent. At this point Morales had already surpassed the minimum 40% that a candidate had to receive in order to have won the election. Morales received 88 of the Chamber seat votes and 25 of the Senate seat votes while Medina received 32 of the Chamber seat votes and 9 of the Senate seat votes. (wikipedia.com). "Recent polls put Morales 40 percentage points ahead of his closest rival, Samuel Doria Medina from the eastern lowlands department of Santa Cruz", (nacla.org). I think that when the vote for the referendum happens on February 21st, 2016 it is going to go in favor of allowing presedential re election after a second term, and then Evo Morales will be re elected again and serve another term as president. He has down a lot for the country of Bolivia and the indigenous people seem to favor him a lot. People have said that they love Evo and Evo forever expressing their endearment for what he has done for the country as a whole in such a short amount of time. So yes to removing the term limits and 66% of the valid votes towards the winning
The Executive Branch refers to the Presidential seat in both governments. The Presidency is a paramount institution, not only of the Mexican Government but of the US Government as well. The Countries entire political system is positioned around the presidency. In the United States the President also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The President appoints the cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the Federal Government. The Executive Branch is checked by Congress which would be the Legislative Branch. In order for someone to become President, he or she must be a natural -born citizen of the United States. He or she must be at least 35 years of age and must have resided in the US for at least fourteen years. Once elected, the President must serve a term of four years, and may be re-elected only once. Now, the Executive Branch of the Mexican government is very similar to that of its neighbors, but there are some pivotal differences in the institution. Presidents are elected by a majority of registered voters in the thirty-one states and the Federal District. The President holds the formal titles of chief of state, head of government, and commander in chief of armed forces. The candidates must also be at least thirty-five years of age by election day.
...ed the economy ended and allowed the economy to grow. FHC became president in January 1995 and was able to initiate more changes. During his eight years in office, education and healthcare dramatically improved. Students attending high school and colleges increased while the drop out rate decreased. Infant mortality rate decreased as well as the number of deaths from AIDS reduced. On January 1, 2003 FHC passed his power over to his successor, Lula. Lula’s eight years in office have been called the most corrupt in Brazil’s history as a republic. His excessive drinking and abuse of power (almost like a dictator) has led to some criticism but as far as most Brazilians are concerned, most fault lies with Congress and cabinet ministers. Overall, during Lula’s term income grew, distribution of wealth improved significantly, and the hyperinflation was completely rid of.
Rieu-Millan, Marie Laure. (1990). Bibliography of the History of America. Mexico: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.
The Republic of Ecuador has a republic government. In January 15, 2007 President Rafael Correo Delgado was elected as the chief of state and has been in the position since then. Along his side is Lenin Moreno Garces as Vice-presiden...
Latin America has gone through some very hard times economically and politically, with it’s colorful characters such as the infamous Pablo Escobar, the history of corruption is rich. Corruption in the Narc world is what I will be focusing on, the drug cartels have been controlling almost every aspect in their coresponding country. I first became interested in Pablo Escobar when I began watching Narcos, good show but El Patron de El Mal was recommended to me and it turns out it gives a much deeper detailed story of the infamous Pablo Escobar. Out of all the details in his life what I find most interesting was the idea of him running to be president of Columbia. Now here is the scenario, you have a billionaire drug lord who would like to run to be a congressman and eventually run to be president of columbia, who also believes that he has a great chance at becoming president of Columbia because he has done nothing wrong. If that is not an issue I do not know what is, confronting a cartel can be very dangerous for a country , because they (the cartels) have the power and control the authorities, and that is exactly what Pablo Escobar did along with all of his associates.
a firsthand account of the violent clash between prows terms and law enforcement in Cochabamba, written by Jim Shultz. Schultz served as executive director of the Cochabamba-based Democracy Center. Schultz 's reporting is one of the major ways the western world becomes aware of the situation in Bolivia. Furthermore, the water conflict in Cochabamba takes its name from Schultz 's report. On March 22nd, La Coordinadora held an unofficial referendum in which ninety-six percent of voters expressed an unfavorable opinion of Aguas deal Tunari and
Juan Perón and Getúlio Vargas were very different in how they decided to do things while in power. Juan Peron felt as though more things could be accomplished with force while Getulio Vargas felt the complete opposite. Vargas tried his best to accomplish things without the feeling of force or violence. But somehow that didn't benefit him as much as you would think. It was almost as if people needed to be forced in order to actually listen, it was almost as if people could care less about was Vargas was trying to do to help everyone in Brazil. Vargas truly wanted change, “he proposed a comprehensive labor code, although union leaders -many of whom were communists and anarcho-syndicalists- did not support him, considering him just another incumbent politician. Is platform advocated the
Who has the greater legitimacy to represent the people? The president or the legislatures. In comparing the Chilean 1970 Presidential Election to 1979 Spanish appointment of Adolfo Suirez as Prime Minister, Linz notes “Allende received a six-year mandate for controlling the government even with much less than a majority of the popular vote, while Suirez, with a plurality of roughly the same size, found it necessary to work with other parties to sustain a minority government”. Linz supports the fusion of the executive and legislative branches because it forces a sense of cooperation. He points out that “presidential systems may be more or less dependent on the cooperation of the legislature; the balance between executive and legislative power in such systems can thus vary considerably” Linz admits that “presidential elections do offer the indisputable advantage of allowing the people to choose their chief executive openly, directly, and for a predictable span rather than leaving that decision to the backstage maneuvering of the politicians.” but qualifies it by stating that it is only and beneficial if the majority of the people of spoken. In Scott Mainwaring and Matthew Shugart’s critical appraisal of “The Perils of Presidentialism” they offer counter arguments when they suggest that a bicameral parliament can just as easily have dual legitimacy issues as a President and legislative body. It should be recognized that Linz does not address the checks and balances that allows for a more regulated government ensuring that power is not concentrated in the hands of one group. Nor does he address that elections
Within parliamentary systems, the government i.e. the legislature consist of the political party with the most popularly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) in the main legislative parliament e.g. the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister is appointed by the party to lead as the executive decision-maker, and the legislature work to support and carry out their will (Fish, 2006). In presidential systems, the President is directly elected with the support of their political party, with the legislative being separately elected and, in the case of the United States, being made up of representatives from different states (BIIP, 2004). This essay will provide examples to suggest that Presidents are generally more powerful than Prime Ministers. As two of the oldest forms of parliamentary and presidential governments (Mainwaring and Shugart, 1997), the United Kingdom and the United States will be the main focus of this essay, but other parliamentary and presidential countries will be mentioned.
Hugo Chavez was a powerful and positive force in addressing social issues, however, his singular focus on social issues at the expense of other matters of the country left the Venezuelan economy in tatters. In 1998, 50.4% of the Venezuelan population was living below the poverty line, where as in 2006 the numbers dropped to 36.3% (Chavez leaves). Although he aggressively confronted the issue of poverty in Venezuela, many other problems were worsened. Some Chavez critics say he used the state oil company like a piggy bank for projects: funding homes, and healthcare while neglecting oil infrastructure and production. Without growth in the oil ind...
As a result, with the passing of the years Chavez created an atmosphere of division, violence and unrest within the population. Thus, created a marked difference between the supporters and opponents of his policies, a situation that President Hugo Chavez took advantage of for his own purposes, deploying a communist regime disguised as a socialist. In other words, Chavez tricked Venezuela’s people, offering the establishment of a socialism that was nothing more than a dictatorship adapted to their own purposes, becoming the most recognized leader of the left worldwide. Throughout the fourteen years that he remained in power, Chávez followed a strategy of introducing a socialist government in Venezuela in stages. According to Enrique Standish in the article titled “Venezuela Finally Turns Communist” it happened in four stages.
Juan Linz – The Perils of Presidentialism. Discussions of which constitutional form of government best serves the growing number of democratic nation’s are in constant debate all over the world. In the essay “The Perils of Presidentialism”, political scientist, Juan Linz compares the parliamentary system with presidential democracies. As the title of Linz’s essay implies, he sees Presidentialism as potentially dangerous and sites fixed terms, the zero-sum game and legitimacy issues to support his theory. According to Linz, the parliamentary system is the superior form of democratic government because the Prime Minister cannot appeal to the people without going through the Parliament, creating a more cohesive form of government.
Are you the type of person who loves to travel to distant lands and go on extravagant adventures? If so, there exist a land of rich culture and a journey of a lifetime. Bolivia, in the heart of South America, has attracted tourist seeking adventures in the high Andes Mountains as well as deep in the Amazon Rainforest. Known for its culture that is traced back to the ancient Incan people, Bolivia is a land of mystery and hidden secrets awaiting to be uncovered. A trip to Bolivia is a trip of a lifetime!
Elections: President elected by an electoral college, which consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for a five-year term; election last held 2001 (next to be held by 2006); prime minister appointed from among the members of Parliament; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives is usually appointed prime minister Election Results: Maxwell Richards elected president (
It is the branch of government that is most closely related to citizens. They are typically elected by those in the district in which they represent, and they are expected to call to the needs of their district. If the executives represent the countries as a whole, the legislature represents the local areas of the country. They have six functions, each with their own level of responsibility. The six functions are representation, deliberation, legislation, authorizing expenditure, making governments, and oversight. In our political system, we decided on a bicameral (two-chamber)