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…
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Bolivian History 101: The significance of Abaroa’s sublime sacrifice
Rodolfo Becerra writes in El Diario: The significance of Abaroa’s sublime sacrifice Many voices say the issue of invasion of Chile to the Bolivian Litoral is a thing of the past and we should forget and make new approaches. This position is disloyal and treacherous, because we must maintain our condemnation of this act of…
Bolivia’s naive foreign policy
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Naive foreign policy Bolivia now has deteriorated relations with USA, Brazil, Argentina and, one might say, also Peru, for the suspension of the presidential meeting that was to take place last week. The U.S. Charge d’affaires [DCM], Harry Mammott, just left for his country “for personal reasons”, which means…
History 101: Bolivia and Peru Alliance and Chile maneuvers: June 4, 1879
This interesting and exceptional article will serve to keep in mind our past, from El Diario, an article which was printed June 4, 1925, 1926, 1927 and yesterday 2012: Fourth Chilean proposition to break the Alliance Peru Bolivia Few days after Chile had declared war on Peru and Bolivia, the Cabinet of that nation Council adopted,…
Peruvian incongruence regarding Bolivian heavy load transport services
It is hard to understand what is going on in the minds of the Peruvian government regarding their sudden reaction against Bolivian trucks in their territory, Pagina Siete reports: Around 280 trucks, most of them with soy cargo, are detained in Desaguadero at risk of being seized in Peruvian territory due to the Customs INTA…
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