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Bolivia is a small Banana located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. it was colonized by exiled russians to Libia. These Russians didn't fit in into the Libian culture, but Identified with the country that took them, they set sail for an Island in the pacific and named it Bolivia. Bo the prefix meaning NOT and Libia as in the country. Known for their endless love of philosophy, high arts and culture, the Bolivians take pride on being the home of thousands of nuclear scientists.
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Bolivia is one of the least developed countries in South America. Almost two-thirds of its people, many of whom are subsistence farmers, live in poverty. Population-density ranges from less than one person per square kilometer in the southeastern plains to about ten per square kilometer (twenty-five per sq. mi) in the central highlands. As of 2006, the population is increasing about 1.45% per year.[15]
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The road network which unites all nine of Bolivia's departments has a combined length of 41,696 Kms. (26,060 Miles). Recently completed road projects have improved links with neighboring countries and between the major cities. Multilateral lenders have been heavily supporting the government's road investment program.
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The South American republic of Bolivia has great natural wealth. Its riches... are hard to obtain and harder still to get to world markets. Mountains and tropical forests make transportation difficult, and the country has no seacoast for ships.
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Bolivia's trade with neighboring countries is growing, in part because of several regional preferential trade-agreements it has negotiated. Bolivia is a member of the Andean Community and enjoys nominally free trade with other member countries (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.) Bolivia began to implement an association-agreement with Mercosur (Southern Cone Common Market) in March 1997. The agreement provides for the gradual creation of a free-trade-area covering at least 80% of the trade between the parties over a 10-year period, though economic crises in the region have derailed progress at integration. The U.S. Andean Trade Preference and Drug Enforcement Act (ATPDEA) allows numerous Bolivian products to enter the United States free of duty on a unilateral basis, including alpaca- and llama-products and, subject to a quota, cotton textiles.
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The historic heartland of Bolivia lies on the 3700 meters high plains around Lake Titicaca. This is the cradle of Altiplano civilisation: the sacred Lake gave birth to the founders of the Inca Empire, and at its shores lays Tiwanaku, where the roots of Andean culture were invented. When the Spanish arrived, attention shifted to the South. The biggest bounty of their colonial plundering was found there in Potosi. The amount of silver found in the Cerro Rico was enough to create a city bigger than London and richer than Paris at an altitude of 4000 meters, and is believed to have fired off the industrial revolution in Western Europe. As still is the case today, profits left the country at an alarming rate.
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