This article belongs to Bolivia 101: THE BASICS Battle of the Pari Born in Buenos Aires, Ignacio Warnes came to the Alto Peru as a Lieutenant Colonel with the auxiliary army from Argentinian General, Manuel Belgrano. In 1813 he was appointed by Belgrano as Governor of the province of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, where…
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Potosi silver, wealth that was taken out and never came back!
Today is Potosi’s anniversary, celebrating 203 years of freedom, and I saw no better way to commemorate my beloved city but to share an interesting article that will be housed in Bolivia 101: The Basics. Juan Jose Toro Montoya writes in Los Tiempos: One coin 1622. The galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha departed from Callao,…
Democracy 101: To understand how Bolivia is fighting to keep democracy in place!
An excellent article by Carlos Cordero, from El Deber: Celebrate the return of democracy Bolivians have just commemorated another year of the return of democratic legality and 31 years of continuity and institutional stability from that mythical October 10, 1982, when Gral. Guido Vildoso delivered the symbols of Authority and Government to Hernán Siles Zuazo…
Lets remember who we were and what we are now in beautiful Santa Cruz!
In this special day, I thought of nothing better for my homage to Santa Cruz, but to show Ovidio Roca’s wonderful piece, he writes in HoyBolivia.com: In September, the silver mirage We are children of Asuncion [the Spanish departed from Asuncion, Paraguay enroute to found this city], mother of cities, who we got away and then…
Bolivia History 101: Bolivia owes its freedom and independence to Medinaceli
Victor Hugo Medinaceli writes for El Diario: Battle of Tumusla, April 1, 1825 Bolivia owes its freedom and independence to Medinaceli The battle of Tumusla, performed on April 1, 1825, is a consequence of the Declaration of war made by the potosino Colonel Carlos Medinaceli Lizarazu to Spanish General Pedro Antonio Olañeta, three months before…
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…
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