By Joaquín Terán: It is well known that Latin America’s independence did not immediately bring stability or order: instead, it opened the door to chaos, fragmentation, and internal conflict. The nation-state concept, still immature in the continent, lacked strong institutions to sustain it. The liberal bourgeoisie that had driven emancipation lacked both the strength and…
Tag: Bolivian – Peruvian Confederation
Tribute to Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz | Homenaje al Mariscal Andrés de Santa Cruz
By Ascencio Flores Choquehuanca, El Diario: Better is a good name than fine perfume, and better the day of death than the day of birth—words recorded in ancient Hebrew scriptures. In truth, what we do in life is what will determine if we are remembered after death or simply fade into oblivion. How many people…
Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific
EFE reports in Latino Fox News: Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific SUCRE – Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed here Friday on a program that promises to give landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. One major element of the plan calls for including Bolivia on the…
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…
Bolivian History 101: Battles of the Peru – Bolivian Confederation: Montenegro
From El Diario, June 24, 1927, Luis Crespo reported: Battles of the Peru – Bolivian Confederation: Montenegro Having learned of the Argentine incursion (June 11), General Otto Felipe Braun moved his forces and marched with them from Tupiza to Tarija, acquiring accurate news regarding where the Argentines were heading. Gen. Gregorio Paz, who was the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 