Luis Gonzalez reports for Pagina Siete: REVIEW The author writes about Álvaro Moscoso’s research work on the government of Pedro Blanco. He points out that it is a book that has a clear and direct prose, and a very careful edition. A revisionist study of official history, tending to discuss commonly accepted criteria and to…
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Bolivian History 101: The creation of Bolivia
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: The creation of Bolivia After the battle of Ayacucho, the Liberator army left Puno heading for Upper Peru [now Bolivia], to cross the Desaguadero river. Alto Peru [now Bolivia] maintained through its leaders, and of its borders a nation already modeled. Their guerrillas, who for 15…
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…
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…
Bolivia’s independence day and how our economics was back then…
On this special day for all of us, I thought there is no better homage than to share Fundacion Milenio’s wonderful work: The economic situation in Bolivia in its creation: August 6, 1825 What was the situation of the Bolivian economy on August 6, 1825? Once created the Republic of Bolívar, to then be called…
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