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2007 in Bolivia
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2007
Events from the year 2007 in Bolivia
Incumbents
President: Evo Morales
Vice President: Álvaro García Linera
Events
January
January 9: Amauris Samartino Flores, a Cuban refugee is expelled.
February
February 3: A State of Emergency is declared in Bolivia after 'El Niño'-like flooding.http://www.ndtv.com/environment/flood.asp?id=100346&callid=1 Heavy floods hit Bolivia NDTV 2008-03-02
February 20: At least 35 people have died and up to 340,000 are affected by flooding after months of heavy rain in Bolivia. The eastern departments of Santa Cruz and Beni are the worst affected.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6380331.stm No end to deadly Bolivian floods BBC 2008-03-02 2007-02-20
February 28: The President of Bolivia Evo Morales declares the Bolivian floods as a national disaster with 35 deaths and 72,000 people becoming homeless.
March
March 16: The Inter-American Development Bank forgives US$4.4 billion in debt owed by Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guyana, five of the poorest countries in the Americas.http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070316-1044-guatemala-idbdebtforgiveness.html Inter-American Development Bank forgives debt of 5 Latin American, Caribbean nations San Diego Union Tribune 2008-03-02
April
May
June
June 26: Bolivia reclaims two oil refineries from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6243802.stm Bolivia reclaims oil refineries BBC 2008-03-02 2007-06-27
July
July 20: Hundreds of thousands of Bolivians protest proposals to shift the capital from La Paz to Sucre.http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/20/america/LA-GEN-Bolivia-Capital-Fight.php 'More than a million' rally against moving Bolivia's capital city International Herald Tribune 2008-03-02
August
August 10: The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez meets with the President of Bolivia Evo Morales and the President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner in Tarija, Bolivia.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6940005.stm Chavez tour ends in energy deals BBC 2008-03-02 2007-08-11
September
October
November
November 26: At least three people die in clashes over a new draft constitution in Sucre, Bolivia.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7112456.stm Bolivia clashes leave three dead BBC 2008-03-02 2007-11-26
December
December 17: The leaders of Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile agree to build a highway by 2009 that will link the Atlantic (in Santos, Brazil) and the Pacific (in Iquique, Chile) coasts of South America.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7147941.stm Nations agree S American highway BBC 2008-03-02 2007-12-17
December 17: The Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija declare autonomy from Evo Morales' central government.http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/15/bolivia.unrest/?iref=mpstoryview Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government CNN 2008-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080208120350/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/15/bolivia.unrest/?iref=mpstoryview 2008-02-08 live
Deaths
November 23: Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, 36, footballer, cancer.
References
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