What Is Bolivia?

Culture differences is a set of cultural values, beliefs and religious beliefs that separates one society/ country from another. Although the main elements of culture includes, language, religion, education, social structure and attitudes. In this essay I will discuss how a successful business like Toyota which operates internationally can be affected by the environment and culture of Bolivia.

The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent (the other being Paraguay), and Bolivia is more urban (67%) than rural (23%). The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes, and Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth, which is shared with Peru.

The American Revolution did much more than any of our founding fathers had ever imagined, it started a movement that would threaten the very roots of colonialism across the globe. Setting an example of how a David could overcome a Goliath, the United States inspired regions such as Latin America to fight for their rights and liberties as well. One such region that embraced the message was Upper Peru, which would later be known as Bolivia. With some key tipping points that caused the war, the leaders of the soon to be formed nation rallied its troops and won several major battles, but even they couldn’t prevent the tough times that lay in the early years of the nation. From the year 1809, Upper Peru was engaged in a

The capital of Bolivia is La Paz. Bolivia is the most impecunious country in South America, which is depressing, but things have gotten better over the past 20 years. La Paz is the highest capital in the world, sitting about 12,000 feet above sea level. La Paz translates to “the peace,” which is abbreviated for “the Peace of Ayacucho.” They had an unscrupulous government, taking money from our people, affecting its economy in a terrible way. Bolivia has the second biggest area of natural gas in South America and also has El Mutun, which is the world’s biggest amount of magnesium and iron, but it is difficult for people to utilize our crops to acquire richness because of its terrible environment and horrible government. The Peace of Ayacucho

1. Bolivia has two capital cities: La Paz (the administrative capital) and Sucre (the judicial capital).

Since the Europeans first entered the Americas in the sixteenth century, indigenous groups have struggled to reclaim political and economic power from the Europeans and their descendants. With the exception of Peru and Bolivia, many countries feature a percentage of less than ten percent purely indigenous people, thus making circumstances unfavorable to create a political voice forceful enough to allow these native groups the political prowess they need (World Development Index). Even in countries with a large percentage of indigenous people, the rise to political power can be a slow process. However, in 2005, Bolivia elected their first president to office from native descent. As the United Nations assesses the perverse situations within indigenous rises to political power, a pristine case to evaluate would be that of Bolivia. With the election of Evo Morales, Bolivia began their empowerment of the indigenous population and encountered difficulties in providing necessities such as education and economic assistance to bridge the gap in social and economic separations of opportunity between the native and non-native populations.

$1.25 a day is actually normal for kids in Bolivia, therefore it really helps the family grow and thrive. Groceries can cost up to $10 per trip, so the $1.25 a day can really help.

Modern-day Bolivia is a unique place. The main religion of it is Roman Catholic. Its official name is the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Its predominant economic activities include agriculture, fishing, mining, and manufacturing things such as textiles(fabrics), clothes, refined metals, and refined petroleum. Bolivia is very plentiful with tin as well. The population is approx. 10 million, and with people of multiple ethnicities as well, including Amerindians(Native Americans), Mestizos, Europeans, Asians and Africans.

Even with Bolivia’s impressive GDP growth rate, they are still considered to be a lower middle income nation based on GNI per capita. As of 2016 they have a GNI per capita of $3,070. That ranks them at 146th in the world. The US ranks 14th with a GNI per capita of $56,810. When looking at HDI, which is measures life expectancy, education, and income per capita, Bolivia is at an index of 0.674 as of 2015. This ranks them 118th in the world. The United States is at an index of 0.920 ranking them 10th in the world. The last thing I compared between Bolivia and the United States was their GINI coefficients. This measures the distribution of wealth throughout the population. On the scale 0 represents everyone being equal and 1 represents a single

Some scholars agree that this is possible because of Bolivia’s emerging socio-political and economic sectors. On the socio-political level, the elected representatives form part of groups that have been historically excluded from both political and economic power thought Bolivian history. Economically, Bolivia has been experiencing a remarkable recovery from previous economic devastations and a slow period of growth by implementing good economic and financial policies. With an average growth of 4.8%, and 6.5% in 2013, the government assumes the responsibility of producing and distributing its national wealth by reestablishing its economic task on the public sector. By acquiring a social, multinational and communitarian figure, it is indispensible for the state to design a new productive form of rationalizing government spending. In doing so, the government created four different national strategies in base of the National Development Plan. Bolivia Digna, includes social polices pertaining the recognition of excluded sectors of society and the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in the social and cultural life of the country. Bolivia Soberana is based on the set of relations with other countries at the global level by defending national and cultural values. Bolicia Productiva, as implied by its name, is the strategic sector of the economy: hydrocarbons, mining, electricity production, etc. Finally, Bolivia Democrática aims to found Bolivia as a Plurinational state by intensifying democracy in political, economic and social decision-making. Hence, it is evident that the governments overall goal is to construct a decolonized state, where it can express power over popular sectors, indigenous municipalities,

Furthermore, Bolivia has now an accumulated valuable amount of rainy-day fund of foreign reserves. Ana Corbacho, the International Monetary Fund’s chief of mission said of Bolivia’s growth: “Bolivia has in a way been an outlier. The general trend is we have been revising down our growth forecast, except for Bolivia we have been revising upward” (William Neuman Pg.1). Currently, they have received praise from the International Monetary Fund and further international financial institutions. These compliments come as a surprise, considering that Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, has numerous times criticized and insulted those institutions. He often

in the Spanish armies being defeated as the dominance of independence spread across the South America regions. Bolivia successfully of achieving independence from Spain on August 6, 2015. The name was obtained from the honor Simon Bolivar the hero of the independence movement. Since the declaration of independence, Bolivia peaked at a population of 40-50,000 people and currently stands at 11,137 986 as of 2015. Bolivia has an area of 1,098,581 km that is roughly twice the size of Spain in comparison and is slightly less than three times

The events that took place before and after Western involvement have led to modern-day Bolivia and help explain the implications for how Bolivia has changed and stayed the same under the Morales administration, which implemented the new constitution in 2009. After the constitution was ratified, some legislation quickly followed suit, including the electoral system, a law of autonomies, and a law establishing the parameters of communitarian justice in indigenous areas (Crabtree and Chaplin 2013:25).

“Chile ranks close to the average in subjective well-being, and ranks below the average in civic engagement, health status, jobs and earnings, social connections, work-life balance, housing, income and wealth, personal security, education and skills, and environmental quality [OECD]”. Chile’s unemployment rate is currently 6.3% which compares favourably against that of Canada. (Euromonitor) Chile’s wages are among the highest in Latin America. The standard work week is approximately 45 hours (http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/Business.htm).

Many people that live in South American countries are experiencing economic and political issues. Currently, some South American countries are going through a recession in which there is no economic growth, the currency