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Thursday 07 April 2011
Bolivia
Appoints
First
Woman
Defense
Minister
La Paz -
Bolivia
has a
new
defense
minister,
Maria
Cecilia
Chacon,
the
first
woman to
hold
that
office
in this
Andean
nation.
During
Chacon's
swearing-in
on
Wednesday,
President
Evo
Morales
expressed
his
confidence
in her,
noting
that she
has
proven
her
abilities
in
diverse
issues
and
negotiations.
The
previous
defense
minister,
Ruben
Saavedra,
was
appointed
by
Morales
to head
the
Strategic
Maritime
Department,
to lead
actions
in
demanding
a
sovereign
outlet
to the
Pacific
Ocean.
Bolivia
lost its
400-km
coastline
on the
Pacific
and some
120,000
square
kilometers
of
territory
in the
War of
the
Pacific
in 1879.
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