Jersey City’s Bolivian 2015 parade stuns with colorful costumes

From True Jersey – nj.com: Jersey City’s Bolivian parade stuns with colorful costumes By Ben Shapiro, The Jersey Journal Bolivian culture took center stage Saturday at the 12th annual Bolivian Parade and Festival in Jersey City. In native dress and costumes highlighting the red, yellow and green of the South American nation’s flag, hundreds of…

Potosi and its 204 years of independence!

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…

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…