By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: Why did Bolivia get screwed with this episode? Because the project Sucre had begun to carry out was abruptly interrupted. It was Mario Vargas Llosa who asked, through a novel, “When did Peru get screwed?” The question had such an impact that we Latin Americans immediately copied it, only…
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General Carlos Medinaceli: Original portrait of the victor of Tumusla | Retrato original del vencedor de Tumusla
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…
Santa Cruz, coveted in its bicentennial | Santa Cruz, codiciado en su bicentenario
By EDWIN CACHO HERRERA SALINAS, Los Tiempos: Jorge Tuto Quiroga has so far brought together Rubén Costas’ Demócratas, Gary Áñez’s citizen movement, Unidos led by Germain Caballero, as well as Desiré Bravo, Tomás Monasterio, and a faction of ADN. These are political organizations and leaderships from Santa Cruz, the most coveted department in this electoral…
The Cruceño Bicentennial | El bicentenario cruceño
By William Herrera Áñez, El Deber: On the bicentennial of the Cruceño people, we want to remember not only 200 years of independence but also their culture and historical roots. The town hall meeting held on September 24, 1810, in the “La Concordia” square decided to rebel against the Spanish Crown and proclaimed Santa Cruz’s…
History is somewhat different from what we were told | La historia es un tanto diferente a la que nos contaron
By Juan Jose Toro, Vision 360: Sucre and His Intentions The call for the election of deputies to convene in an assembly, and perhaps the assembly itself, was nothing more than a reaffirmation of the will that Sucre had already expressed at the beginning of February 1825. Where was Antonio José de Sucre 200 years…
The long and winding libertarian birth of Upper Peru | El largo y sinuoso parto libertario del Alto Perú
By Raúl Rivero,, Brújula Digital: Sculpture representing Alejo Calatayud/Wikicommons Despite being on the brink of celebrating the 200th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of Upper Peru, now the Republic of Bolivia, historians continue to delve into the causes that led the inhabitants of the former Audiencia of Charcas to wait 16 years from…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 