Liliana Carrillo reports for Pagina Siete: THE BOOK OF TALES OF AUGUSTO CÉSPEDES Sangre de Mestizos [Mestizos Blood], the country that was written in the Chaco 79 years ago ended the Chaco War and makes public the volume 78 is emblematic stories, he discovered literature to a new country. “You are now homeland, Chaco, /…
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Bolivian History 101: Battles of the Peru – Bolivian Confederation: Montenegro
From El Diario, June 24, 1927, Luis Crespo reported: Battles of the Peru – Bolivian Confederation: Montenegro Having learned of the Argentine incursion (June 11), General Otto Felipe Braun moved his forces and marched with them from Tupiza to Tarija, acquiring accurate news regarding where the Argentines were heading. Gen. Gregorio Paz, who was the…
Bolivia History 101: Chaco war and its consequences
Jaime Martinez writes in El Diario: Chaco War and its consequences The Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay began on June 15, 1932 and finished first with an armistice on June 14, 1935, and a peace treaty on July 21, 1938. In that contest died about 50 thousand people in the Bolivian side, and about…
Bolivia History 101: The battle of La Tablada, Tarija
Yesterday April 15, 2014, was the anniversary of Tarija, 197 years from an epic battle for its independence. El Diario reports: Battle of La Tablada The Battle of La Tablada de Tolomosa took place on April 15, 1817 near the city of Tarija. In this battle, [Spanish] royal forces under Colonel Mateo Ramirez clashed with…
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…
Bolivian History 101: The Law of the ten cents
Luis S. Crespo wrote in El Diario, February 14, 1928: The Law of the “ten cents” The National Constituent Assembly approved the transaction between the Government of Bolivia and the Nitrate and Railways Company of Antofagasta about nitrate concessions and establishing a tax of ten cents per quintal of nitrate exported; charge which served as…
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