Pagina Siete reports about Potosi and I just included excerpts from it. I wanted to be known that yesterday was an important day in our independence: … Potosi is celebrating the 204 years of its uprising against the royal troops and … … War for Independence began on November 10, 1810. Emancipation movements that started…
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Bolivian History 101: The evils of the Fatherland
Eric Cardenas writes in El Diario: The evils of the Fatherland 189 years ago in the city of La Plata (now Sucre) the Act of Independence of Upper Peru, before the arrival of the Spaniards was called Kollasuyo, was signed. The republic was the result of 15 years of unremitting struggle for independence from the…
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…
Bolivia History 101: Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Keeping track and not forgetting our heroes is a must. Today, I wanted to share what Luis S. Crespo wrote in March 8, 1928: Juana Azurduy de Padilla Juana Azurduy was born in the city of Chuquisaca [Sucre] on March 8, 1781, and not having known her father, she took the surname of her mother,…
Liberalism 101: What happens in Bolivia…?
Eric Cardenas writes in El Diario: Liberalism The announcement of the arrival of the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa to the city of Santa Cruz ignited in official circles of the Government, including the President and Vice President of the plurinational State, a series of statements intended to “disqualify” the writer who received the Nobel…
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