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2007 in Bolivia
Events from the year 2007 in Bolivia
Events
January
February
February 3: A State of Emergency is declared in Bolivia after 'El Nino'-like flooding.
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.
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.
April
May
June
June 26: Bolivia reclaims two oil refineries from Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras.
July
July 20: Hundreds of thousands of Bolivians protest proposals to shift the capital from La Paz to Sucre.
August
August 10: The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez meets with the President of Bolivia Evo Morales and the President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner in Tarija, Bolivia.
September
October
November
November 26: At least three people die in clashes over a new draft constitution in Sucre, Bolivia.
December
December 17: The leaders of Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile agree to build a highway by 2009 that will link the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts of South America.
December 17: The Bolivian departments of Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija declare autonomy from Evo Morales' central government.
Deaths
November 23: Oscar Carmelo Sanchez, 36, footballer, cancer.
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