Bolivia: U.S. Citizens Will Need Visas Dec. 1; Demonstrations in Sucre

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 12th, 2007 | Trackback

Beginning Dec. 1, Bolivia will require U.S. citizens to obtain a visa to enter the country at a cost of $134 for 30 days. President Evo Morales called the new policy “a matter of reciprocity” because the U.S. charges Bolivians $100 for a visa plus $14 to process the application. U.S. tourists will also be required to present proof of adequate funds for the duration of the trip, hotel reservations for the entire trip or a notarized invitation from a Bolivian citizen, and a yellow fever vaccination. In other news, demonstrations and counterdemonstrations have taken place in recent weeks over a proposed rewriting of the constitution to empower indigenous people. The city of Sucre, in the center of the country and the seat of government until the 19th century, has been the site of much of the conflict, where demonstrating students and the rightist opposition forced a month-long recess of the assembly working on constitutional reform. The students oppose changes in the constitution and are demanding that the capital be moved to Sucre from La Paz. A large pro-reform demonstration took place in Sucre Sept. 10. Protests have also occurred in Cochabamba. Such gatherings have the potential to turn violent, especially because the constitutional reform issue is a heated one.

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