Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: Murder of Sucre: Alba’s double tableau We present to you the first of two notes on the paintings inspired by one of the most gruesome assassinations in South American history. June 4 is a fatal date. On a day like today, but in 1830, the man who made the foundation…
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Unissued Bolivian stamps | Estampillas bolivianas no emitidas
Bolivia’s first postage stamps were privately produced in 1863 under a government contract for a postal service, but the stamps were never put into use. | Los primeros sellos postales de Bolivia se produjeron de forma privada en 1863 bajo un contrato del gobierno para un servicio postal, pero los sellos nunca se pusieron en…
Alonso Yañez: Vindicated | Reivindicado
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: A manuscript vindicates the deed of Alonso Yañez The Ensign nun’s diary reveals how the leader of a conspiracy was arrested and dismantled in December 1612. His name was not José Alonso de Ibáñez, he was not the captain of the vicuñas and, despite the fact that his death is…
Discipline in Pichincha | La disciplina en el Pichincha
Cristóbal Corso, El Potosi: Templo Convento de los Betlemitas y primer Hospital en la colonia, actual Colegio Nacional Pichincha. | Temple Convent of the Bethlemites and first Hospital in the colony, current Pichincha National College. Antiguo plantel de profesores. | Former school teachers. Bachilleres del Colegio Pichincha, año 1929. | Bachelors of the Pichincha School,…
Pacific War – Guerra del Pacífico
Cindy Soliz V., Los Tiempos: Mayor’s Office exposes historical archive on the Pacific War and launches a virtual library In commemoration of the Day of the Sea, the Mayor’s Office of Cochabamba, through the Secretariat of Productive Development, Tourism and Culture, organizes an exhibition of historical, hemerographic and bibliographical material on the maritime theme; and…
Great Pukara and Pujllay is lived today in Tarabuco – Gran Pukara y Pujllay se vive hoy en Tarabuco
El Diario: Chuquisaca concludes its carnival activities with one of the largest cultural events in Bolivia. The Pujllay commemorates the battle of Cumbate on March 12, 1816, where the people of Tarabuco freed themselves from the Spanish yoke. [Watch the photo on the Spanish side] Tarabuco will live today [03/20/2022] the Great Pukara and Pujllay,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 