Editorial Los Tiempos: Today, May 25, marks the 216th anniversary of the first cry for freedom in the Americas: the Chuquisaca Revolution, when in the streets of the city of Charcas, now Sucre, the process began in 1809 that would culminate 16 years later with the creation of the Republic of Bolivia. This year’s commemoration…
Tag: history
The Day Bolivia Got Screwed | El día que se jodió Bolivia
By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: Why did Bolivia get screwed with this episode? Because the project Sucre had begun to carry out was abruptly interrupted. It was Mario Vargas Llosa who asked, through a novel, “When did Peru get screwed?” The question had such an impact that we Latin Americans immediately copied it, only…
General Carlos Medinaceli: Original portrait of the victor of Tumusla | Retrato original del vencedor de Tumusla
By Juan José Toro Montoya*, Vision 360: The original portrait of the victor of Tumusla has appeared Official Medinaceli On the occasion of the bicentennial, his direct descendants from two lines arrived in Potosí; that is, from both his first and second marriages. Descendants of Medinaceli show the original painting. Photos: SIHP The bicentennial of…
The gringo who played chess with Lechín | El gringo que jugaba ajedrez con Lechín
By Raúl Rivero, Brujula Digital: Eric Kumar, an Englishman of Austrian origin, arrived in Bolivia in the 1930s searching for his father, but the country captivated him. He sold goods in remote villages, earning the trust of the people. Later, as a mining manager, he refused to hand over studies of a deposit to Juan…
Nov 1825: Recognition of Bolivia’s maritime coast | Reconocimiento de su costa marítima
By Raúl Rivero Adriázola, Brújula Digital: An Irishman, Bolivia’s First Envoy to Its Pacific Coast At the beginning of the Republic, Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, acting as interim president until the arrival of Liberator Bolívar to the new homeland, agreed with him that one of the most urgent tasks to be undertaken was consolidating…
“FLEET OF THE INDIES / THE SILVER FLEET / THE SPANISH TREASURE FLEET” | “FLOTA DE INDIAS / FLOTA DE LA PLATA / FLOTA DEL TESORO ESPAÑOL”
By History and Legend of the Imperial City of Potosí: “FLEET OF THE INDIES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPANISH TREASURE FLEET, THE SILVER FLEET, OR SILVER VLOOT IN DUTCH, WAS THE NAVIGATION MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH THE INVALUABLE WEALTH OF THE IMPERIAL VILLA OF POTOSÍ WAS TRANSPORTED TO EUROPE AND ASIA.” “The Armada of the South…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 