Events in the year 2016 in Bolivia.
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Incumbents
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edit- 21 February – A constitutional referendum results in a majority against allowing president Evo Morales to run for a fourth term.[1]
Sport
edit- 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
edit- 18 January – Armando Loaiza, diplomat and politician (b. 1943).[citation needed]
- 13 March – Beatriz Canedo Patiño, fashion designer (b. 1950).[2]
- 17 June – Angel Gelmi Bertocchi, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1938).[3]
- 25 August – Rodolfo Illanes, lawyer and politician (b. 1958; murdered)[4]
- 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
edit- ^ Dan Collyns; Jonathan Watts. "Bolivian referendum goes against Evo Morales as voters reject fourth term". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Fallece Beatriz Canedo Patiño, la Reina de la Alpaca". La Razón Digital (in Spanish). 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Bishop Angel Gelmi Bertocchi". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ Molina, Fernando (26 August 2016). "Bolivian minister lynched by protesting miners". La Paz: El País. Retrieved 28 August 2016.