ocr: The military has not actively interferedinp politics for over a lecade - a - record for Bolivia. The army is the main focus of defense spending, with weaponry bought almost entirely from the USA. The Bolivian navy consists mainly of. gunboats on Lake Titicaca, which borders Peru, and on the Pilcomayo River. The army has worked with US forces against the cocaine business, although many US advisers have suggested that by- passing the Bolivian armed forces would make the operation more effective. The main, but unrealizable, ambition ofthe militaryis to recapture territory that would allow Bolivia ...
