Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: Potosi and the coins Potosi is known to habe been one of the most important cities of the Colony with its Cerro Rico [rich mountain]. True but insufficient. To understand what was Potosi, would have to say it was, in its time, the sum of London and New…
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An Exhilarating (If Risky) Family Adventure in Bolivia
The Wall Street Journal reports: An Exhilarating (If Risky) Family Adventure in Bolivia The remote Salar de Uyuni salt flat is an unlikely, unnerving—and unforgettable—vacation spot By Hilary McGregor WE WERE HURTLING toward the edge of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni salt flat in a Toyota Land Cruiser as the sun was sinking, turning the world…
Potosi, the older brother
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: Potosi, the older brother A truism, not currently widespread, is that Bolivia would not have existed without Potosi. The richness of its portentous Cerro Rico led to the creation of a judicial and administrative unit, as was the Audiencia de Charcas that, in 1825, was the basis for…
Bolivian Independence 101: Heroines of the Coronilla
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: Heroines of the Coronilla After the September 14, 1810, when the people of Cochabamba rose up against the Spanish yoke, demanded for a Town Meeting, constituting a War Council, chaired by the patriot Francisco de Rivero and Esteban Arze, among others, on October 17, same year,…
Independence 101: Jose Vicente Camargo, a patriot guerrilla from Cinti
Jose A. Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: Jose Vicente Camargo, a patriot guerrilla from Cinti It would seem that the Upper Peruvian guerrillas, known for their wins against the disciplined and brave Spanish armies, had been located strategically in their hubs, The priest Ildefonso de Las Muñecas, from his stronghold [republiqueta is a…
UNESCO/ Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Sciences Research in LAC: Manuel Olivera Andrade
UNESCO reports: Manuel Olivera Andrade: Young researchers must make their voices heard Manuel Olivera Andrade, young Bolivian researcher, receives the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Monday, 26 October 2015, at UNESCO Headquarters, Room I, at 6:30 pm. The ceremony is part of the…
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