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,…
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Honors to the remains of Bolivian soldiers who fought in Peru in 1880
Pagina Siete reports: They participated in the Battle of Alto de la Alianza against Chile Honors to the remains of soldiers who fought in Peru in 1880 They were awarded the Condor of the Andes, the highest award of the country. Distinguished actions of an officer and a soldier of the Second Infantry Regiment Sucre,…
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero
Jorge Espinoza writes in El Diario: Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero Bernardino Bilbao Rioja was a prominent personality in the political-military sphere in Bolivian history. Born in Arampampa, Potosi, May 20, 1895. At 17, he entered the Military Academy of the Army in the city of La Paz, before being awarded a scholarship to Chile,…
Pacific War: Canchas Blancas battle
Rodolfo Becerra writes in El Diario: Heroic epics Canchas Blancas battle Each year the Bolivian reminisced the sublime sacrifice of Eduardo Abaroa, in that heroic deed of March 23, 1879, when the brave Bolivian civilians next to soldiers folded Antofagasta and other places occupied by the Chilean rapacity, they faced a regular army, on unequal…
Nancy Kasai Janko: Confessions of the “pollera” doctor awarded by El Deber
Nelfi Fernandez reports for El Deber: Confessions of the “pollera” doctor awarded by El Deber Nancy Kasai Janko will become the first woman in pollera [skirt that some mestizo and indigenous women wear, its origin is Spaniard] graduated as medical doctor. She is a young woman who did not found an obstacle to get her…
Bolivian History 101: The Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz and the Bolivian – Peruvian Confederation
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: The Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz and the Bolivian – Peruvian Confederation One of the most representative figures of the liberation wars in America is Andrés de Santa Cruz and Calahumana, son of a Spanish nobleman and a daughter of the Cacique of Huarina. The Mariscal…
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