[3] During World War II, Bolivia ceased diplomatic relations with Germany and expelled many Germans.
[4] Inti SA, Bolivia's largest pharmaceutical company, was founded by German immigrant Ernesto W. N. Schilling Huhn.
[5] A substantial and growing part of the Germanic population in Bolivia are Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites from Russia, who are of Dutch and Prussian descent.
In 2012 there were 23,818 church members in congregations of these Mennonites, indicating a total population of about 70,000.
[6] The total population of German Mennonites in Bolivia was estimated at 60,000 by Lisa Wiltse in 2010.