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Christian Democratic Party (in Spanish: Partido Democrata Cristiano) is a political party in Bolivia. It was founded on February 6 1954. The word Spanish can mean: The Spanish language (also known as Castilian) The ethnic Spanish people (Spaniards), see also list of Spanish people From or related to Spain Categories: Disambiguation ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... The Republic of Bolivia is a landlocked country in central South America. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Bolivia's weakness was demonstrated during the War of the Pacific (1879-83), when it lost its seacoast and the adjoining rich nitrate fields to Chile.
Bolivia's nine departments received greater autonomy under the Administrative Decentralization law of 1995, although the lowland departments- especially Santa Cruz and Tarija- are seeking increased autonomy.
Relations with Chile, strained since Bolivia's defeat in the War of the Pacific (1879-83) and its loss of the coastal province of Atacama, were severed from 1962 to 1975 in a dispute over the use of the waters of the Lauca River.
Bolivia has three geographic zones: the Andean highlands in the west, running north to south; the moist slopes and valleys on the eastern side of the Andes, called the Yungas and Valles; and the eastern tropical lowland plains, or Oriente.
Bolivia's outstanding literary figure is Gabriel René-Moreno (1836-1909), a historian, sociologist, and literary critic.
As of 1996, Bolivia was in its second decade of democratic rule and its tenth consecutive year of economic expansion.
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