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…
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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…
“The Death of Eduardo Abaroa, Told by a Chilean | “La muerte de Eduardo Abaroa contada por un chileno
By Jorge Inostrosa: When Colonel Sotomayor crossed the Loa River to officially take possession of the town, he encountered a group of soldiers beyond the Topáter ford surrounding a fallen body on the road. Fearing it was the corpse of one of his officers covered by a cloak, the colonel quickly dismounted. Lieutenant Abaroa had…
“THE IMPERIAL CITY OF POTOSÍ WAS THE FIRST METROPOLIS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA” | “LA VILLA IMPERIAL DE POTOSÍ FUE LA PRIMERA METRÓPOLI DE LA HISTORIA DE AMÉRICA”
By History and Legend of the Imperial City of Potosí: “The Imperial City of Potosí was known as the ‘American Babylon’ during the colonial era and was the first metropolis in the history of the continent, many years before the growth of New York and other American metropolises. Potosí had a larger population than the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 