No, it shouldn't. I believe my notation is correct because the first word is "la." As seen in my above description, a two letter word will be noted as an asterisk because a two-letter word without the first or last letters would be nothing. Therefore, I use the asterisk to note that "hey, there is still a word here!" I felt like if I denoted it otherwise it would've a.) been a gimme, or b.) lead you astray. I appreciate the feedback, but I do believe based off my earlier explanation that the correct denotation is "* a" for the Bolivian capital.