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The president of Bolivia is the head of state and head of government of Bolivia, directly elected to a five-year term by the Bolivian people. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the government and is the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. Since the office was established in 1825, 65 men and 2 women have served as president.
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence. [21] The leader of Venezuela, Antonio José de Sucre, had been given the option by Bolívar to either unify Charcas (present-day Bolivia) with the newly formed Republic of Peru, to unify with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, or to formally declare its independence from Spain ...
Luis Fernando Camacho was born on 15 February 1979 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. [9] On his father's side, Camacho is of colla origin and descent.According to Eric Soria—who completed a genealogy of the family in the mid-2010s—Camacho is likely the great-great-grandson of Eliodoro Camacho, a famed veteran of the War of the Pacific who participated actively in Bolivian politics throughout the ...
Bolivian President Luis Arce, a mild-mannered and bespectacled former economy minister, faced down a coup attempt on Wednesday, as the armed forces withdrew after occupying the central square in ...
The president of Bolivia, who was the target of an attempted coup on Wednesday night, is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies.
Bolivia president replaces heads of the armed forces; new army commander orders troops back to barracks Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced new heads of the army, navy and air force.
After Morales—Bolivia's first indigenous president—assumed office in 2006, polarization increased between the indigenous peoples and others. [ 281 ] [ 282 ] Shortly after Áñez was sworn in, her opponents circulated numerous tweets directed at indigenous peoples dating back to 2013.
Luis Alberto Arce Catacora [b] (Latin American Spanish: [ˈlwis alˈβeɾto ˈaɾse kataˈkoɾa]; born 28 September 1963), often referred to as Lucho, is a Bolivian banker, economist, and politician serving as the 67th president of Bolivia since 2020.