Bolivian-Portuguese relations

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Bolivian-Portuguese relations
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The Bolivian-Portuguese relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Bolivia and Portugal . The countries maintain friendly relations.

After some contacts in the 16th and 17th centuries, today's points of contact are the joint work in the Ibero-America summit and the slowly but steadily increasing bilateral trade.

A social security agreement has existed between Bolivia and Portugal since the Ibero-American social security convention of November 10, 2007 (Portuguese: Convenção Multilateral Ibero-Americana de Segurança Social de 10 de novembro de 2007 ), followed by a first restricted agreement on mutual visa exemption in 2010 .

In 2001 there were 40 Portuguese citizens registered in Bolivia, and 109 Bolivian citizens were registered in Portugal in 2015.

history

Arzáns de Orsúa y Velas Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí

The Portuguese were also attracted by the silver wealth in Potosí . The Portuguese António da Costa lived here from 1579 to 1657 . In his native language, he wrote the Historia de Potosí . Orsúa y Vela considered Costa a trained historian and used parts of the Historia in his Historia de la Villa Imperial de Potosí . Orsúa y Vela always assumed that Costa's book had been published in Portugal, but no evidence has been found to date, and Lewis Hanke's efforts were also unsuccessful.

In the city of Potosí, one of the main roads in the 16th century was called Luzitana .

In 1825 Bolivia gained independence from Spain. On May 10, 1879, Bolivia and Portugal signed their first trade, shipping and mining agreement in the Bolivian capital La Paz .

In 1969 Portugal set up its own embassy in Bolivia.

In July 2013 there was a temporary diplomatic conflict when Portugal also refused to allow the plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales to stop for fuel, according to a tip from the French government. This happened at the request of the United States , which suspected Morales of having Edward Snowden on board on his return flight from Moscow , and at the request of some states refused to allow the Bolivian President's plane to fly over and refuel. Bolivia protested against the countries involved, which had endangered the life of its president and violated international customs.

The heads of state of the 19th Ibero America Summit in Portugal

At the beginning of 2014, Bolivia ordered Portuguese “ Magalhães ” computers and tablets for its school system, initially valued at 58 million US dollars. The project included the establishment of a production site in Bolivia and the delivery of initially 125,000 devices to the Bolivian education program from the end of 2014.

diplomacy

As the first permanent ambassador of Portugal to the Bolivian seat of government La Paz , Eduardo Augusto Andrade Condé was accredited on June 29, 1969 .

Portugal has not opened its own embassy in Bolivia, the Portuguese ambassador in Peru has double accreditation in La Paz . Portuguese consulates are open in La Paz and Santa Cruz .

Bolivia does not have its own embassy in Portugal either, but is double accredited here via its embassy in the Spanish capital Madrid. A Bolivian consulate general is in Lisbon on Av. António Augusto Aguiar No. 13.

economy

The economic relations between the two countries are growing steadily, but are only weak at first. The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP does not yet have its own contact point in Bolivia.

In 2015, Portugal exported goods worth 6.96 million euros to Bolivia (2014: 9.24 million; 2013: 6.06 million; 2012: 2.14 million; 2011: 1.81 million) , of which 63.2% machines and devices, 14.2% plastics, 7.1% stones and ores and 6.7% textiles.

In the same period, Bolivia delivered goods worth EUR 1.06 million to Portugal (2014: 0.74 million; 2013: 11.05 million; 2012: 0.98 million; 2011: 1.39 million) , of which 62.4% agricultural products, 24.0% leather and hides, 12.2% wood and 0.1% clothing.

In 2015, Bolivia ranked 109th as a buyer and 133rd as a supplier for Portuguese foreign trade. In Bolivian foreign trade, Portugal was 44th among buyers and 39th among suppliers.

Sports

The Bolivian national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have only played against each other once (as of January 2017). At the friendly match on June 10, 2003 in Lisbon, the Portuguese team won 4-0.

The Bolivian and Portuguese women's national teams have not yet met.

Football players from both countries also rarely compete for clubs in the other country. The Portuguese André Martins played for the Bolivian club Bolívar between 2010 and 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Bolivian-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Portuguese Social Insurance on Portuguese-Bolivian regulations , accessed on February 23, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c d Overview of diplomatic relations with Bolivia at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, accessed on May 4, 2019
  3. ↑ Website on Portuguese-Bolivian migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on February 24, 2017
  4. ↑ Sums of the Bolivians listed from the official immigration statistics by district , Portuguese immigration and border authority SEF, accessed on February 24, 2017
  5. ↑ a b Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 790
  6. ↑ Conflito diplomático entre Portugal e Bolívia [Diplomatic conflict between Portugal and Bolivia], article in the news portal of the Portuguese Cofina media group , accessed on February 23, 2017
  7. ↑ '' Fabricante do "Magalhães" ganha negócio na Bolívia no valor de 58 milhões de dólares '' ["Magalhães" manufacturer closes $ 58 million deal with Bolivia], article from January 13, 2014 in the Portuguese business newspaper Jornal de Negócios , accessed February 24, 2017
  8. ↑ Entry of the Portuguese consulate in La Paz on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on February 23, 2017
  9. ↑ Entry of the Portuguese consulate in Santa Cruz on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on February 23, 2017
  10. ↑ Contact details of the Consulate General in Lisbon in the Portuguese address directory www.portugalio.com, accessed on February 23, 2017
  11. ↑ Detailed dossier on the Bolivian-Portuguese economic relations 2010 of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on February 23, 2017
  12. ↑ Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Bolivia , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP , accessed on February 23, 2017