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Fidel Andrés Surco Cañasaca
Fidel Andrés Surco Cañasaca (born 30 November 1975) is a Bolivian lawyer, politician, and unionist who served as a Senator for La Paz from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Movement for Socialism, Surco served as secretary general of the Departmental Federation of Colonizers of La Paz in 2004 and as Executive of the Syndicalist Confederation of Colonizers of Bolivia from 2006 to 2011. He is the vice president of the Movement for Socialism, having been elected on 3 January 2017. Biography Fidel Surco was born on 30 November 1975. He was active for years in the trade union movement in Alto Beni, working as technical facilitator for the Syndicalist Confederation of Colonizers of Bolivia (CSCB) from 1997 to 2003 before moving on to become secretary general of the Departmental Federation of Colonizers of La Paz in 2004. Surco gained national visibility for his participation in the social movements which engulfed Bolivia in the early 2000s. With the support of these sectors, the Move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Senators (Bolivia)
The Chamber of Senators () is the upper house of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in the Political Constitution of the State and others determined by Bolivian laws. The Senate is the legislative body of the country, where each Senator represents the interests of their Departments. The session room is located in the Legislative Palace building in Plaza Murillo. The Senate has 36 seats. Each of the country's nine departments returns four senators elected by proportional representation (using the D'Hondt method The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is an apportionment method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in proportional representation among political parties. It belongs to ...). (From 1985 to 2009, the Senate had 27 seats: three seats per department: two from the party or formula that receives the most votes, with the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syndicalist Confederation Of Intercultural Communities Of Bolivia
The Syndicalist Confederation of Intercultural Communities of Bolivia (; CSCIB) is a peasant union of rural communities in the lowlands of Bolivia whose members included people of highland origin. It is led by Pedro Calderón and includes federations in six departments: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija, Chuquisaca, and Beni. It was founded on February 18, 1971 as the Syndicalist Confederation of Colonizers of Bolivia (). At the time, its independence from the government represented a defiant break from the so-called Military-Peasant Pact. The Confederation is a founding member of the National Coordination for Change (CONALCAM). Its leader from 2007 to 2010, Fidel Surco, became president of CONALCAM as well as a Senator in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Leadership In its most recent Ordinary National Conference, held in August 2010 in Ivirgarzama, Cochabamba, CSCIB elected the following leaders: * Executive Secretary: Pedro Calderón, from Carrasco, Tropics of Cochaba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
