newly independent nation was named Bolivia, after Simon Bolivar. (Country Study 15-16) The type of government run in Bolivia is a Democracy. The 1967 constitution, revised in 1994, provides for balanced executive, legislative, and judicial powers. Along with the three branches there are nine administrative departments each controlled by a governor. The Executive branch is headed by the President. The current president is Hugo Banzer Suarez, elected in August 1997; the Vice President is Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramirez. The president
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