Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: How and why it came to the 1904 Treaty Analyzing the history of Bolivia, it come to conclude that there were flaws such as lack of coordination and understanding, that made not possible to determine the imposition of the righteousness of Bolivia to obtain a gateway…
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Family footsteps in the Jewish sanctuary of La Paz
Brisbane Times reports: Family footsteps in the Jewish sanctuary of La Paz My family and I did not expect to like La Paz: not its oxygen-restricting altitude, 3700 metres above sea level, nor the successive days of rain predicted for the duration of our visit. But mostly we did not expect to like the Bolivian…
History 101: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’
A great article regarding Potosi, by The Guardian: Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’ The discovery of a mountain of silver (and a new way to extract it) transformed this remote Incan hamlet into the economic centre of Spain’s empire – larger than London, Milan or Seville….
The Invasion, a docudrama that recalls the causes for the loss of the Pacific
Wendy Pinto reports for Pagina Siete: The Invasion recalls the causes for the loss of the Pacific To produce this audiovisual material -which will be aired [today] March 23- has made an investment of $2,000, according to the producer. The defense of Calama and the combat at Tambillo are the two that were recreated in…
A hundred years’ research of the Puerta del Sol
El Diario reports: A hundred years’ research of the Puerta del Sol A collection of national and foreign researchers made by Julio Cesar Velasquez, former Director of the National Museum of Archaeology, was reflected in the text entitled “Enigmatic Puerta del Sol, in a colossus and mysterious Tiwanaku,” dating back to 1890, date on which…
History 101: Potosi and the coins
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: Potosi and the coins Potosi is known to habe been one of the most important cities of the Colony with its Cerro Rico [rich mountain]. True but insufficient. To understand what was Potosi, would have to say it was, in its time, the sum of London and New…
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