Bolivian National Convention of 1938
The Bolivian National Convention of 1938 was an elected constituent assembly held from May 23 to October 30,[1] and charged with rewriting the constitution of Bolivia. President David Toro called for the National Convention in 1937, but had been replaced by Germán Busch by the time it was held. Voter rolls for electing Convention members were opened in August 1937, and the vote was held in March 1938.[2]
The National Convention consisted of elected Senators and Deputies meeting in a unicameral legislature for the purposes of writing the constitution.[3] The dominant force in the National Convention was the Sole Socialist Front, an alliance of the Syndical Confederation of Workers of Bolivia (CSTB) and the Legion of Ex-Combatants (veterans of the Chaco War), backed by the Busch government.[4] The president of the gathering was Renato Riverín.[1]
The National Convention was the first national legislative body to meet in Bolivia in over three years.[4] The 1938 Convention was also the first time workers were included in a Bolivian constituent assembly.[5] In October 1938, the body successfully produced the Bolivian Constitution of 1938.
Chamber of Senators
| Senator | Party | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Bernardo Navajas Trigo | PL | Tarija |
| Carlos Medinaceli | FPP | Potosí |
| Eduardo Rodríguez Vásquez | PL | La Paz |
| Germán Chávez | PL | Santa Cruz |
| Gregorio Balcázar | ??? | Pando |
| Gregorio Mendizábal | PRS | Chuquisaca |
| José Antezana | PL | Cochabamba |
| José P. Bilbao Llano | ??? | La Paz |
| Julio Pantoja Estenssoro | PRS | Tarija |
| Julio Salmón | PL | Santa Cruz |
| Luis Herrero | PRS | Oruro |
| Napoleón Solares Arias | PL | Beni |
| Otoniel Quiroga | PRS | Cochabamba |
| Pablo Saucedo Barbery | PL | Pando |
| Renato A. Riverín | FPP | Potosí |
| Ricardo Rivera | ??? | Oruro |
| Sebastián García Agreda | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Sócrates Parada Suárez | PL | Beni |
Chamber of Deputies
| Deputy | Party | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Abel Leyes | PSU | Oruro |
| Abel Márquez | ??? | Tarija |
| Adolfo Aponte | ind | Beni |
| Adolfo Leigue | ??? | Pando |
| Adolfo Paco Careaga | ??? | La Paz |
| Adolfo Román | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Adrián Camacho Porcel | PSU | Chuquisaca |
| Adrián Oblitas | ??? | La Paz |
| Agustín Landívar Zambrana | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Alberto Berdeja | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Alberto Echazú | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Alberto Zelada | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Alfredo Arratia | FPP | Potosí |
| Alfredo Mollinedo | PSU | La Paz |
| Ángel Jordán | ??? | Cochabamba |
| Ángel Mendizábal | PL | Oruro |
| Antonio Campero Arce | PSU | Tarija |
| Antonio Mogro Moreno | ??? | Tarija |
| Antonio Munguía | PSU | Beni |
| Aquino Ibáñez Coruco | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Armando Renjel | ??? | Oruro |
| Augusto Céspedes Patzi | PSI | Cochabamba |
| Augusto Chávez C. | ??? | Beni |
| Augusto Guzmán | PSU | Cochabamba |
| Carlos Cortez | ??? | Potosí |
| Carlos Gómez Cornejo | PRS | La Paz |
| Carlos Gregorio Taborga | ??? | Potosí |
| Carlos Machicao | PRS | La Paz |
| Corsino Rodríguez Quiroga | ??? | Potosí |
| David Ardaya | ??? | Cochabamba |
| Desiderio M. Rivera | PSU | Chuquisaca |
| Eduardo Fajardo | ??? | Oruro |
| Emilio Sejas | ??? | Potosí |
| Enrique Baldivieso | PSU | Potosí |
| Enrique Liendo | ??? | Oruro |
| Enrique Reyes Barrón | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Esteban Durán | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Eustaquio Bilbao Rioja | ??? | Potosí |
| Facundo Flores Jiménez | PSU | Santa Cruz |
| Federico Román | ??? | La Paz |
| Felipe Ayala Gamboa | PSU | Cochabamba |
| Félix Eguino Zaballa | PSU | La Paz |
| Félix Vargas Soto | ??? | La Paz |
| Fernando Justiniano | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Fernando Siñani | FPP | Potosí |
| Francisco Hurtado | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Gastón Pacheco | ??? | Potosí |
| Germán Pareja | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Gonzalo Cuéllar Jiménez | ??? | Beni |
| Gonzalo Suárez Dorado | ??? | Beni |
| Guillermo Rivero | PSU | Potosí |
| Gustavo Auzza | PRS | Tarija |
| Hugo Pizarro Aráoz | ??? | Tarija |
| Humberto del Solar | ??? | La Paz |
| Humberto Montaño | ??? | Cochabamba |
| Ismael Zuazo | ??? | Pando |
| Jesús Lijerón Rodríguez | ind | Beni |
| Jesús Rioja Aponte | ??? | Beni |
| Jorge Arana Urioste | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Jorge Araoz Campero | PSI | Tarija |
| Jorge Bailón Saravia | PSU | La Paz |
| Jorge Mercado Rosales | PSU | Cochabamba |
| José Anaya | ??? | Cochabamba |
| José Antonio Camacho | POR | Cochabamba |
| José Antonio Zegada | ??? | Cochabamba |
| José Bascón | ??? | La Paz |
| José Chávez Suárez | PL | Pando |
| José Daniel Antelo | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| José Enrique Peña | ??? | Cochabamba |
| José María Cortez | ??? | Potosí |
| José Romero Loza | PSU | Chuquisaca |
| José Serrate | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Juan Manuel Suárez | ind | Beni |
| Julián Montellano | PSI | Oruro |
| Julio Espinoza | PSI | Cochabamba |
| Julio Velasco G. | ??? | Potosí |
| Lucio Lanza Solares | PRS | Potosí |
| Lucio Vargas Díaz | PRS | Cochabamba |
| Luis Alberto Tapia | ??? | La Paz |
| Luis Barbery | ??? | La Paz |
| Luis Felipe Guzmán | PL | Cochabamba |
| Luis Ossio Ruiz | PSU | Potosí |
| Mario Ortiz Suárez | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Nataniel García Chávez | ??? | Beni |
| Nazario Pardo Valle | PSU | La Paz |
| Óscar Emilio Arauz | LEC | Chuquisaca |
| Ricardo Gambarte | ??? | Chuquisaca |
| Rigoberto Villarroel Claure | ??? | La Paz |
| Roberto Jordán Cuéllar | PSU | Pando |
| Roberto Prado | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Rodolfo Costas | PSI | Cochabamba |
| Rodolfo Soriano | PSU | Cochabamba |
| Rufino Saldaña | ??? | La Paz |
| Severo Clavijo Suárez | ??? | Potosí |
| Sixto Montero Hoyos | ??? | Santa Cruz |
| Telesforo Morales | ??? | Oruro |
| Tomás Chávez Lobatón | ind | La Paz |
| Trifonio Delgado | PRS | Oruro |
| Víctor Paz Estenssoro | PSI | Tarija |
| Waldo Álvarez España | PO | La Paz |
| Wálter Guevara Arze | PSI | Cochabamba |
| Wálter Portillo | ??? | La Paz |
| Wálter Suárez Landívar | ??? | Santa Cruz |
PL – Liberal Party
PSU – United Socialist Party
PRS – Socialist Republican Party
FPP – Popular Front of Potosí
POR – Revolutionary Workers' Party
LEC – Legion of Veterans
PO – Workers' Party
PSI – Independent Socialist Party
ind – independent
References
- 1 2 Rossana Barragán, "Ciudadanía y elecciones, convenciones y debates" in Barragán R., Rossana; José Luis Roca (2005). Regiones y poder constituyente en Bolivia : una historia de pactos y disputas. Cuaderno de futuro, 21. La Paz, Bolivia: PNUD. p. 336. ISBN 978-99905-0-960-1.
- ↑ Rossana Barragán, "Ciudadanía y elecciones, convenciones y debates" in Barragán R., Rossana; José Luis Roca (2005). Regiones y poder constituyente en Bolivia : una historia de pactos y disputas. Cuaderno de futuro, 21. La Paz, Bolivia: PNUD. p. 361. ISBN 978-99905-0-960-1.
- ↑ Klein, Herbert S. (1966-01-01). ""Social Constitutionalism" in Latin America: The Bolivian Experience of 1938". The Americas 22 (3): 258–276. doi:10.2307/979170. ISSN 0003-1615.
- 1 2 Gotkowitz, Laura (2007). A revolution for our rights: Indigenous struggles for land and justice in Bolivia, 1880–1952. Durham: Duke University Press. p. 115.
- ↑ Rossana Barragán, "Ciudadanía y elecciones, convenciones y debates" in Barragán R., Rossana; José Luis Roca (2005). Regiones y poder constituyente en Bolivia : una historia de pactos y disputas. Cuaderno de futuro, 21. La Paz, Bolivia: PNUD. p. 279. ISBN 978-99905-0-960-1.
- ↑ Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 138.
- ↑ Valentín Abecia López. Montenegro: homenaje del Honorable Senado Nacional, a los 44 años de su muerte. Honorable Senado Nacional, 1997. Pp. 139-143.