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Conquest and colonial rule. The end of the Inca Empire was signalled by the landing of Francisco Pizarro in Peru in 1532. The imperial capital, Cuzco, fell in 1535 and soon afterwards the Spanish began the conquest of Bolivia.
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Bolivia becomes independent with Simon Bolivar as its President.
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Bolivia loses the rubber-rich province of Acre to Brazil
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There is rebellion by the indegenous people against the Bolivian government.
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Peasants and miners overthrow military regime; Victor Paz Estenssoro returns from exile.
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Vice President Siles Salinas replaces Barrientos who is killed in plane crash, but Salinas is himself deposed by the army, which rules with increased severity.
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Twenty-one thousand miners lose thier jobs following the collapse of the tin Market.
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Some four million acres of rainforrest allocated to indegenous peoples.
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Banzer elected President.
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Socialist leader Evo Morales wins presidential elections. He becomes the first indegenous Bolivian to take office
