From June 11, 1928, Luis Crespo wrote for El Diario: Battles of the Bolivian-Peruvian Confederation: the Iruya victory ROSAS DECLARES WAR ON BOLIVIA The establishment of the Peru Bolivian Confederation, so lucky conducted by General Andrés de Santa Cruz, could never be regarded with indifference by the neighboring countries, especially Chile and Argentina. The declaration…
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Bolivian History 101: Eduardo Abaroa, Ladislao Cabrera and the Calama defense!
Floren Sanabria writes in El Diario: Eduardo Abaroa and the Calama defense The Chilean army, without any difficulty, advancing victorious, without a hint of resistance from the small towns of the journey, until they reached the vicinity of Calama. There, they had to stop along the way, then, information received from the small town said…
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…
Bolivia History 101: Chile’s invasion forcing us to remain landlocked
Agustin Saavedra writes in El Deber: Another day of landlocked from the sea The Bolivian coastline was usurped by Chile in a conflict started on February 14, 1879. Today, March 23, 2014, 135 years running and the heroism of Eduardo Abaroa in Calama. At the end there was the loss of a vital territory. Chile,…
Grandma, the war, a Bolivian hero… and a Chilean invasion
The 6 Coolest Things Said by Soldiers Before Killing People By:Jacopo della Quercia June 14, 2012 War is serious. War is dark, violent and terrible, and it will likely be the end of our species someday. It’s a cliche, but some cliches are there for a reason: War is hell. Or a hell of a lot…
History 101: Bolivia and Peru Alliance and Chile maneuvers: June 4, 1879
This interesting and exceptional article will serve to keep in mind our past, from El Diario, an article which was printed June 4, 1925, 1926, 1927 and yesterday 2012: Fourth Chilean proposition to break the Alliance Peru Bolivia Few days after Chile had declared war on Peru and Bolivia, the Cabinet of that nation Council adopted,…
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