Events in the year 2016 in Bolivia.

Incumbents

  • President: Evo Morales
  • Vice President: Álvaro García Linera

Events

  • 21 February – A constitutional referendum results in a majority against allowing president Evo Morales to run for a fourth term.

Sport

  • Continuing from 2015 – the 2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season
  • 6–14 June – the Bolivia national football team took part in the Copa América Centenario Group D
  • 5–21 August – Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 12 competitors in 5 sports
  • Continuing into 2017 – the 2016–17 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season

Deaths

  • 18 January – Armando Loaiza, diplomat and politician (b. 1943).
  • 13 March – Beatriz Canedo Patiño, fashion designer (b. 1950).
  • 17 June – Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1938).
  • 25 August – Rodolfo Illanes, lawyer and politician (b. 1958; murdered)
  • 25 September – David Padilla, military officer and politician (b. 1927)
  • 27 September – Luis Ossio, politician (b. 1930)
  • 5 December – Julia Elena Fortún, historian, anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist (b. 1929)

References


Global Bolivia Finland Technology and Global Construction

Bolivia Countries Info

World Report 2016 Bolivia Human Rights Watch

Bolivia Pictures Rotten Tomatoes

Bolivia Overland The Americas