Editing Foreign relations of Bolivia (section)

==Overview==
Relations with Chile, strained since Bolivia's defeat in the [[War of the Pacific]] (1879–1883) and its loss of the coastal province of [[Atacama]], were severed from 1962 to 1975 in a dispute over the use of the waters of the [[Lauca River]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=November 2002|title=Background Note: Bolivia|publisher=[[U.S. Department of State]] |url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1958.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030429082937/http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1958.htm|archive-date=April 29, 2003}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> Relations were resumed in 1975 but broken again in 1978 over the inability of the two countries to reach an agreement that solved the [[Atacama border dispute]], which might have granted Bolivia a sovereign access to the sea.<ref name=":2"/> In the 1960s, relations with [[Cuba]] were broken by the Bolivian dictatorship following [[Fidel Castro|Castro]]'s rise to power but resumed under the [[Víctor Paz Estenssoro|Paz Estenssoro]] Administration in 1985, which came to power through democratic elections.<ref name=":2"/>

Bolivia pursues a [[foreign policy]] with a heavy [[Economic policy|economic component]].<ref name=":2" /> Bolivia has become more active in the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS), the [[Rio Group]], and in [[MERCOSUR]], with which it signed an association agreement in 1996.<ref name=":2" /> Bolivia promotes its policies on [[sustainable development]] and the empowerment of [[indigenous people]].<ref name=":2" />

Bolivia is a member of the [[United Nations]] and some of its specialized agencies and related programs; [[Organization of American States|OAS]]; [[Andean Community]]; [[Intelsat]]; [[Non-Aligned Movement]]; [[International Parliamentary Union]]; [[Latin American Integration Association]] [[ALADI]]; [[World Trade Organization]]; [[Rio Treaty]]; [[Rio Group]]; and [[Uruguay]], [[Paraguay]], [[Bolivia]] ([[:es:URUPABOL|URUPABOL]], restarted in 1993).<ref name=":2" /> As an outgrowth of the 1994 [[Summit of the Americas]], Bolivia hosted a hemispheric summit conference on sustainable development in December 1996.<ref name=":2" /> A First Ladies' hemispheric summit was also hosted by Bolivia that same month.

Bolivia is also a member of the [[International Criminal Court]] with{{clarify|date=July 2013|reason="with" implies membership of the ICC includes the US bilateral agreement, but this does not appear to be the case; rewordings solicited to clarify this for the reader, maybe two separate sentences?}} a Bilateral Immunity Agreement of protection for the United States-military (as covered under [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|Article 98]]).{{clarify|date=July 2013|reason=Article 98 pipes to [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]] which tells the reader nothing}}

The GeGaLo Index of gains and losses after [[energy transition]] ranks Bolivia 128th out of 156 countries.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last1=Overland |first1=Indra |last2=Bazilian |first2=Morgan |last3=Ilimbek Uulu |first3=Talgat |last4=Vakulchuk |first4=Roman |last5=Westphal |first5=Kirsten |date=2019-11-01 |title=The GeGaLo index: Geopolitical gains and losses after energy transition |journal=Energy Strategy Reviews |language=en |volume=26 |pages=100406 |issn=2211-467X |doi=10.1016/j.esr.2019.100406 |doi-access=free |hdl=11250/2634876 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> It is thus among the countries that will lose strength on the international stage if a global transition to renewable energy is carried out and there is no longer demand for Bolivian oil and gas.<ref name=":02" /> It is estimated to experience the third largest loss of all Latin American countries (after Colombia and Venezuela).