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BRAZILIAN CONSULAR OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD COUNTRY OFFICE JURISDICTION Afghanistan Embassy of Brazil in Islamabad All of the country’s territory. Algeria Embassy of Brazil in Alger All of the country’s territory. Angola Embassy of Brazil in Luanda All of the country’s territory. Antigua and Barbuda Embassy of Brazil in Saint John’s All of the country’s territory. Buenos Aires (province and federal capital), Chaco, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Formosa, La Consulate General of Brazil in Buenos Aires Pampa, Misiones, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and Southern Atlantic Islands. Corrientes (all departments: Paso de los Libres, Bella Vista, Berón de Astrada, Concepción, Corrientes (capital), Curuzú Cuatiá, Empedrado, Esquina, Goya, Grl. Vice-Consulate of Brazil in Paso de los Libres Alvear, Grl. Paz, Itati, Ituzaingo, Lavalle, Mburucuya, Mercedes, Monte Caseros, Argentina Saladas, San Cosme, San Luis del Palmar, San Martín, San Miguel, San Roque, Santo Tomé and Sauce) Misiones (all Departments: Iguazú, Apóstoles, General Belgrano, Bernardo de Irigoyen, Cainguás, Candelaria, Concepción, Consulate of Brazil in Puerto Iguazú Eldorado, Guarani, Leandro Além, Montecalo, Oberá, Posadas, San Ignacio, San Javier, General San Martín, San Pedro and 25 de Mayo) Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja, Tucumán, Consulate General of Brazil in Córdoba Santiago del Estero and Córdoba. Consulate General of Brazil in Mendoza Mendoza. Armenia Embassy of Brazil in Yerevan All of the country’s territory. Federal Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Embassy of Brazil in Canberra Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji, Nauru and Solomon Islands. In Australia: New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Sydney metro area, Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Sea Coral Territory Islands, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Australia Island, Heard and McDonald Islands, Cocos Islands). Consulate General of Brazil in Sydney In French Polynesia: (Marquesas Islands, Tabuai Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands), New Caledonia (France), Loyalty Islands (France), Futuna and Wallis Islands (France), Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) and Western Oriental (United States). Austria Embassy of Brazil in Vienna All of the country’s territory. Azerbaijan Embassy of Brazil in Baku All of the country’s territory. Bahamas Embassy of Brazil in Nassau All of the country’s territory. Bangladesh Embassy of Brazil in Dacca All of the country’s territory. All of the country’s territory, Anguilla, Barbados Embassy of Brazil in Bridgetown Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands Belarus Embassy of Brazil in Minsk All of the country’s territory. Belgium Consulate General of Brazil in Brussels All of the country’s territory. Belize Embassy of Brazil in Belmopan All of the country’s territory. Benin Embassy of Brazil in Cotonou All of the country’s territory. Embassy of Brazil in La Paz La Paz, Oruro, Potosi, Chuquisaca and Tarija. Consulate of Brazil in Cobija Pando Consulate General of Brazil in Cochabamba Cochabamba Bolivia Consulate of Brazil in Guayaramerin Beni Consulate General of Brazil in Santa Cruz de la Santa Cruz de la Sierra Sierra Consulate of Brazil in Puerto Suárez Germán Busch Bosnia and Herzegovina Embassy of Brazil in Sarajevo All of the country’s territory. Botswana Embassy of Brazil in Gaborone All of the country’s territory. All of the country’s territory and Macedonia Bulgaria Embassy of Brazil in Sofia (FYROM). Burkina Faso Embassy of Brazil in Ouagadougou All of the country’s territory. Cameroon Embassy of Brazil in Yaoundé All of the country’s territory and Chad. Embassy of Brazil in Ottawa National Capital Region. Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Terra Consulate General of Brazil in Montreal Nova-Labrador, Prince Edward’s Island. Canada Manitoba, Ontario (except National Capital Consulate General of Brazil in Toronto Region), Nunavut Territory. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Consulate General of Brazil in Vancouver Yukon and Northwestern Territories. Cape Verde Embassy of Brazil in Praia All of the country’s territory. Chile Consulate General of Brazil in Santiago All of the country’s territory. Mongolia and all of China’s territory not in Embassy of Brazil in Beijing the jurisdiction of the Consulates in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian, China Consulate General of Brazil in Guangzhou Guizhou, Yunnan and Hunan. Consulate General of Brazil in Hong Kong Hong Kong and Macau. Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Consulate General of Brazil in Shanghai Shandong. Embassy of Brazil in Bogota All of the country’s territory. Colombia Vice Consulate of Brazil in Leticia Amazonas, Caquetá and Putumayo Costa Rica Embassy of Brazil in San Jose All of the country’s territory. Croatia Embassy of Brazil in Zagreb All of the country’s territory. Cuba Embassy of Brazil in Havana All of the country’s territory. Cyprus Embassy of Brazil in Nicosia All of the country’s territory. Czech Republic Embassy of Brazil in Prague All of the country’s territory. Democratic Republic of the Embassy of Brazil in Kinshasa All of the country’s territory. Congo Lithuania, Faroe Islands and all of Denmark Embassy of Brazil in Copenhagen Denmark’s territory. Dominica Embassy of Brazil in Roseau All the country’s territory. Dominican Republic Embassy of Brazil in Santo Domingo All the country’s territory. East Timor Embassy of Brazil in Dili All of the country’s territory. Ecuador Embassy of Brazil in Quito All of the country’s territory. Egypt Embassy of Brazil in Cairo Eritrea and all of Egypt’s territory. El Salvador Embassy of Brazil in San Salvador All of the country’s territory. Equatorial Guinea Embassy of Brazil in Malabo All of the country’s territory. Estonia Embassy of Brazil in Tallinn All of the country’s territory. Ethiopia Embassy of Brazil in Addis Abeba All of the country’s territory and Djibouti. Finland Embassy of Brazil in Helsinki All of the country’s territory. All of the country’s territory except the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Cayenne, the Pacific islands, in the Consulate General of Brazil in Paris jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Sydney, Réunion Islands and Mayotte, in France the jurisdiction of the Embassy in Pretoria, and Monaco. French Guyana, Martinique and Consulate General of Brazil in Cayenne Guadeloupe. Saint Georges de l’Oyapock, Camopi and Consulate of Brazil in Saint Georges de l’Oyapock Regina. Gabon Embassy of Brazil in Libreville All of the country’s territory. Georgia Embassy of Brazil in Tbilisi All of the country’s territory. Lower Saxony, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Embassy of Brazil in Berlin Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Germany Schleswig-Holstein. Hessen, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Consulate General of Brazil in Frankfurt Sarre and Thuringia. Consulate General of Brazil in Munich Baden-Württemberg e Bavaria. Ghana Embassy of Brazil in Accra All of the country’s territory. Greece Embassy of Brazil in Athens All of the country’s territory. Grenada Embassy of Brazil in Saint George’s All of the country’s territory. Guatemala Embassy of Brazil in Guatemala All of the country’s territory. Guinea Embassy of Brazil in Conakry All of the country’s territory. Guinea-Bissau Embassy of Brazil in Bissau All of the country’s territory. All of the country’s territory, except Potaro- Embassy of Brazil in Georgetown Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Guyana Essequibo. Potaro-Siparuni and Upper Takutu-Upper Vice Consulate of Brazil in Lethem Essequibo. Haiti Embassy of Brazil in Port-au-Prince All of the country’s territory. Honduras Embassy of Brazil in Tegucigalpa All of the country’s territory. Hungary Embassy of Brazil in Budapest All of the country’s territory. Butan and all of India’s territory except Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, in the Embassy of Brazil in New Delhi India jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Mumbai. Consulate General of Brazil in Mumbai Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. Indonesia Embassy of Brazil in Jakarta All of the country’s territory. Iran Embassy of Brazil in Teeran All of the country’s territory. Iraq Embassy of Brazil in Baghdad All of the country’s territory. Ireland Embassy of Brazil in Dublin All of the country’s territory. Israel Embassy of Brazil in Tel Aviv All of the country’s territory. Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata, Consulate General of Brazil in Rome Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia, San Marino and Italy Malta. Piedmont, Lombardy, Aosta Valley, Consulate General of Brazil in Milan Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto, Friuli- Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna. Ivory Coast Embassy of Brazil in Abidjan Liberia and all of Ivory Coast’s territory. Jamaica Embassy of Brazil in Kingston All of the country’s territory and the Cayman Islands. Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Hokkaido, Ibaraki, Iwate, Kanagawa, Miyagi, Consulate General of Brazil in Tokyo Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi, Tokyo, Yamagata and Yamanashi. Consulate General of Brazil in Hamamatsu Shizuoka and Chubu. Aichi, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Gifu, Japan Hiroshima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Consulate General of Brazil in Nagoya Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Shimane, Shiga, Tokushima, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama and Yamaguchi. Jordan Embassy of Brazil in Aman All of the country’s territory. All of the country’s territory, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan Embassy of Brazil in Astana Turkmenistan. All of the country’s territory, Burundi, Kenya Embassy of Brazil in Nairobi Somalia, Rwanda and Uganda. Kuwait Embassy of Brazil in Kuwait All of the country’s territory and Bahrain. Lebanon Embassy of Brazil in Beirut All of the country’s territory. Libya Embassy of Brazil in Tripoli All of the country’s territory. Malawi Embassy of Brazil in Lilongwe All of the country’s territory. Malaysia Embassy of Brazil in Kuala Lumpur All of the country’s territory and Brunei. Mali Embassy of Brazil in Bamako All of the country’s territory.
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    Executive Summary Investing in Bolivia is challenging for both domestic and international companies due to a general lack of transparency, a slow and cumbersome legal system, corruption, and a regulatory system in transition. The investment climate in Bolivia receives a low ranking in independent international indices mainly because Bolivia awaits full implementation of the more than 100 laws and regulations needed to bring the country's legal framework into agreement with the nation's Constitution. The latest Constitution, passed in 2009, stipulates that Bolivian investment will be prioritized over foreign investment (Article 320); economic activity cannot damage the collective good (Article 47); the right to private property -- as long as it serves a social function and is not against the collective interest (Article 56); transferring national resources that are the "social property of the Bolivian people" in favor of companies, people, or foreign States can be considered an act of treason (Article 125); and Bolivian Constitutional law supersedes international law and treaties (Article 410) (the exception is in the case of human rights treaties). The Bolivian government has signaled that its upcoming legislative agenda will include new mining, hydrocarbons, electricity and arbitration regulations. Such regulations have been in the works for years, with frustratingly little progress. However, there is hope, as a new investment law was passed in early 2014 (Law 633). While the investment law suffers from a lack of specificity and any mention of arbitration, many Bolivians hope its passage indicates a change in the government’s attitude towards investment. Aspects of the law that may improve the investment climate are that it recognizes foreign investment (Article 4); it recognizes legal security for national and foreign investment (Article 3); says that the government will establish incentives for investment in key sectors within three months; and an arbitration law will be enacted within three months.