In 1999, the man who held this position signed a $2.5 billion contract for Aguas del Tunari to provide water to his countryâs third-largest city, then passed Law 2029 to legalize that contract, leading to massive protests dubbed the countryâs âwater war.â
In 2009, the holder of this office announced that excavation of blocked-off hallways in the Ministry of the Interior revealed evidence of âhorror chambersâ instituted under a 1970s dictatorship. In 1999, the man who held this position signed a $2.5 billion contract for Aguas del Tunari to provide water to his countryâs third-largest city, then passed Law 2029 to legalize that contract, leading to massive protests dubbed the countryâs âwater war.â That man, the founder of the Nationalist Democratic Action party, also held this office as a dictator in the 1970s, when his regime sheltered Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and instituted the Dignity Plan to attempt to eradicate illegal crops. Hugo Banzer once held this office, whose current holder had his plane grounded in 2013 due to suspicion that Edward Snowden was on board, and often wears to gatherings of world leaders the traditional sweaters of his Aymara ethnic group. For 10 points, name this office held by Evo Morales.
In 2009, the holder of this office announced that excavation of blocked-off hallways in the Ministry of the Interior revealed evidence of âhorror chambersâ instituted under a 1970s dictatorship.
President of Bolivia [or Presidente del Bolivia; prompt on âleader of Boliviaâ or other general equivalents]