History 101: The Bolivian Peruvian Confederation

The Bolivian Peruvian Confederation Once dissolved the Constituent Assembly decreed by General José Miguel de Velasco, the Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz was called to take over the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia, who presided over the same on May 19, 1829. The first acts of the government of Gral. Santa Cruz were the…

Bolivian History 101: Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz

Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz One of the most representative of the liberation wars in Latin America figures, is the Gral. Andrew de Santa Cruz and Calahumana, son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Jose and Santa Cruz Villavicencio and daughter of the Chief of Huarina, Juana…

Beautiful Bolivian architecture and history

Despite what current government say about rejecting our past, we Bolivians cannot abstract from what we are: a country with tradition, with history. Pagina Siete’s Tatiana Sanabria again shares to the world a wonderful piece of what is Bolivia: Between the walls of the San Calixto school [La Paz city] hides a relic, a unique…