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History of Bolivia (1920–64)

Index History of Bolivia (1920–64)

Bolivia's defeat by Paraguay in the Chaco War of 1932–1936 marked a turning point in the modern history of Bolivia. [1]

81 relations: Alcides Arguedas, Andes, Antisemitism, Armed Forces of Bolivia, Bautista Saavedra, Blue-collar worker, Bolivia, Bolivian peso, Bolivian Socialist Falange, Bolivian Workers' Center, Carlos Quintanilla, Catavi massacre, Catavi Mine, Chaco War, Chief of staff, Communist Party of Bolivia, Concordance (Bolivia), Conservative Party (Bolivia), Constitution of Bolivia, Daniel Salamanca Urey, David Toro, Economy of Bolivia, Enrique Hertzog, Exile, Federal Research Division, FET y de las JONS, General strike, Genuine Republican Party, Germany, Germán Busch, Gran Chaco, Great Depression, Gualberto Villarroel, Hernando Siles Reyes, Hernán Siles Zuazo, History of Bolivia, Hugo Ballivián, Hunger marches, Hyperinflation, Inter-American Development Bank, José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Korean War, Law enforcement in Bolivia, Liberal Party (Bolivia), Library of Congress, Mamerto Urriolagoitía, Marxism, Mexico, National Indigenous Congress, Nationalization, ..., Nazism, Oligarchy, Paraguay, Paraguay River, Peasant, Permanent revolution, Plurinational Legislative Assembly, Puerto Busch, René Barrientos, Republican Party (Bolivia), Revolutionary Left Party, Revolutionary Nationalist Movement, Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia), Rosca, Royal Dutch Shell, Socialism, Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia), Soviet Union, Standard Oil, Syndicate, Thesis of Pulacayo, Tin, Tristán Marof, Uncia (mine), United States, Universal suffrage, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, White-collar worker, World War II, YPFB, 1920 Bolivian coup d'état. Expand index (31 more) »

Alcides Arguedas

Alcides Arguedas (July 15, 1879 in La Paz – May 6, 1946 in Chulumani) was a Bolivian writer and historian.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Antisemitism

Antisemitism (also spelled anti-Semitism or anti-semitism) is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.

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Armed Forces of Bolivia

The Armed Forces of Bolivia (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia) are official organizations responsible for the defence, both of external aggression and internal Bolivia.

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Bautista Saavedra

Bautista Saavedra Mallea (30 August 1870 in Sorata – 1 May 1939) was President of Bolivia, first as part of a governing junta between 1920–21, and then as constitutionally-elected President of the Republic between 1921 and 1925.

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Blue-collar worker

In the United States and (at least some) other English-speaking countries, a blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor.

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Bolivia

Bolivia (Mborivia; Buliwya; Wuliwya), officially known as the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Bolivian peso

The peso boliviano (ISO 4217 code: BOP), divided into 100 centavos, was the currency of Bolivia from January 1, 1963 until December 31, 1986.

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Bolivian Socialist Falange

The Bolivian Socialist Falange (Falange Socialista Boliviana) is a Bolivian political party established in 1937.

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Bolivian Workers' Center

The Bolivian Workers' Center (Central Obrera Boliviana, COB) is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia.

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Carlos Quintanilla

General Carlos Quintanilla Quiroga (Cochabamba, Bolivia, January 22, 1888 – June 8, 1964) served as the de facto President of Bolivia from August 1939 until April 1940.

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Catavi massacre

The Catavi massacre was a massacre of striking miners by Bolivian government forces at the Catavi mine on 21 December 1942.

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Catavi Mine

Catavi is a tin mine in Bolivia, near the city of Llallagua in the province of Bustillos, Potosí Department.

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Chaco War

The Chaco War (1932–1935; Guerra del Chaco, Cháko Ñorairõ. Secretaría Nacional de Cultura de Paraguay) was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region (known in Spanish as Chaco Boreal) of South America, which was thought to be rich in oil.

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Chief of staff

The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide-de-camp to an important individual, such as a president or a senior military officer.

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Communist Party of Bolivia

The Communist Party of Bolivia (Partido Comunista de Bolivia) is a communist party in Bolivia.

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Concordance (Bolivia)

The Concordance (Spanish: Concordancia) was an electoral political alliance of the right-wing and traditionalist political parties in Bolivia.

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Conservative Party (Bolivia)

The Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador) was one of two major political parties in Bolivia in the late 19th century.

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Constitution of Bolivia

The current Constitution of Bolivia (Constitución Política del Estado; literally, the Political Constitution of the State) came into effect on February 7, 2009 when it was promulgated by President Evo Morales.

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Daniel Salamanca Urey

Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey (July 8, 1869 – July 17, 1935) was President of Bolivia from March 5, 1931 until he was overthrown in a coup d'état on November 27, 1934, during the country's disastrous Chaco War with Paraguay.

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David Toro

José David Toro Ruilova (June 24, 1898 in Sucre – July 25, 1977 in Santiago de Chile) was the 35th president of Bolivia, a colonel in the Bolivian army and member of the High Command during the Chaco War (1932–35).

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Economy of Bolivia

The economy of Bolivia is the 95th largest economy in the world in nominal terms and the 87th economy in terms of purchasing power parity.

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Enrique Hertzog

José Enrique Hertzog Garaizábal (La Paz, December 10, 1897 – Buenos Aires, December 18, 1981) was a Bolivian politician who was elected President of his country in 1947.

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Exile

To be in exile means to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state, or country), while either being explicitly refused permission to return or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return.

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Federal Research Division

The Federal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of the United States Library of Congress.

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FET y de las JONS

The Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista (FET y de las JONS) (English: Traditionalist Spanish Phalanx and of the Councils of the National-Syndicalist Offensive) was the sole legal party of the Francoist State in Spain.

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General strike

A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.

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Genuine Republican Party

The Genuine Republican Party (Partido Republicano Genuino, PRG) was founded in Bolivia in 1921 by José María Escalier and Daniel Domingo Salamanca Urey following a split in the Republican Party.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Germán Busch

Germán Busch Becerra (San Javier, Santa Cruz or El Carmen de Itenez, Beni, Bolivia, March 23, 1904 – August 23, 1939) was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War (1932–1935, in which Bolivia was defeated by Paraguay), and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.

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Gran Chaco

The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Gualberto Villarroel

Gualberto Villarroel López (December 15, 1908 – July 21, 1946) was the head of state of Bolivia from December 20, 1943 to July 21, 1946.

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Hernando Siles Reyes

Hernando Siles Reyes (August 5, 1882 – November 23, 1942) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 31st President of Bolivia, serving from 1926-1930.

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Hernán Siles Zuazo

Hernán Siles Zuazo (21 March 1914 – 6 August 1996) was a Bolivian politician who served as constitutionally elected president twice, from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1982 to 1985.

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History of Bolivia

After the fall of Tiwanaku empire, the many Aymara Lake Titicaca were conquered by the Inca empire.

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Hugo Ballivián

Hugo Ballivián Rojas (7 June 1901 – 15 July 1993) as 51st President of Bolivia between 1951 and 1952.

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Hunger marches

Hunger marches are a form of social protest that arose in the United Kingdom during the early 20th century.

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Hyperinflation

In economics, hyperinflation is very high and typically accelerating inflation.

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Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB or IDB or BID) is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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José Luis Tejada Sorzano

José Luis Tejada Sorzano (January 12, 1882 – October 4, 1938) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician appointed by the military as president of Bolivia during the Chaco War.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Law enforcement in Bolivia

Law enforcement in Bolivia is based on the 31,000-strong Cuerpo de Policía Nacional (National Police Corps) responsible for internal security and maintaining law and order.

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Liberal Party (Bolivia)

The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL) was one of two major political parties in Bolivia in the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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Mamerto Urriolagoitía

Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague (December 5, 1895 – June 4, 1974) was President of Bolivia from 1949 to 1951.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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National Indigenous Congress

The National Indigenous Congress (Congreso Nacional Indígena, CNI) is an organization of communities, nations, towns, neighbourhoods and indigenous tribes of Mexico.

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Nationalization

Nationalization (or nationalisation) is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Oligarchy

Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.

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Paraguay

Paraguay (Paraguái), officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Tetã Paraguái), is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

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Paraguay River

The Paraguay River (Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese, Ysyry Paraguái in Guarani) is a major river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or farmer, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees or services to a landlord.

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Permanent revolution

Permanent revolution is a term within Marxist theory, coined by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels by at least 1850 but which has since become most closely associated with Leon Trotsky.

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Plurinational Legislative Assembly

The Plurinational Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional) is the national legislature of Bolivia, placed in La Paz, the country's seat of government.

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Puerto Busch

Puerto Busch is located in the province of Germán Busch, Santa Cruz Province, republic of Bolivia on the Paraguay River in eastern Bolivia.

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René Barrientos

René Barrientos Ortuño (30 May 1919 – 27 April 1969) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as his country's Vice President in 1964 and as its President from 1966 to 1969.

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Republican Party (Bolivia)

The Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano, PR) was a Bolivian political party founded in 1914.

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Revolutionary Left Party

The Revolutionary Left Party (Partido de la Izquierda Revolucionaria, PIR) was a communist party in Bolivia.

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Revolutionary Nationalist Movement

The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, MNR) is a Bolivian political party and the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution.

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Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)

The Revolutionary Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Revolucionario, POR) is a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia.

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Rosca

Rosca (ring or bagel) is a Spanish and Portuguese bread dish eaten in Mexico, South America, and other areas.

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Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.

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Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

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Socialist Republican Party (Bolivia)

The Socialist Republican Party (Partido Republicano Socialista, PRS), whose members were also known as "Saavedristas", was a political party in Bolivia.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Standard Oil

Standard Oil Co.

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Syndicate

A syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest.

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Thesis of Pulacayo

The Thesis of Pulacayo (Tesis de Pulacayo) was an important document in the Bolivian and Latin American labor movement.

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Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from stannum) and atomic number 50.

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Tristán Marof

Tristán Marof (born Gustavo Adolfo Navarro in Sucre, Bolivia, 1898; died Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 1979) was a Bolivian diplomat, writer, essayist, and journalist.

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Uncia (mine)

Uncia is a tin mine in western Bolivia.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Universal suffrage

The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.

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Víctor Paz Estenssoro

Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro (October 2, 1907 – June 7, 2001) was a Bolivian politician who served as President of Bolivia from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and 1985 to 1989.

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White-collar worker

In many countries (such as Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States), a white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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YPFB

Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) is the state-owned oil and gas company of Bolivia.

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1920 Bolivian coup d'état

1920 Bolivian coup d'état was a bloodless takeover of power in Bolivia by the Republican party on July 12, 1920 which overthrew the previously ruling government of the Liberal Party and brought Bautista Saavedra to power as President from 1920 until 1925.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bolivia_(1920–64)

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