Bolivia

By zackary.boynton

  • Independence

    Independence
    Bolivia's first call for independence was in 1809 and then they finally became an independent country in 1825

  • War claimed

    War claimed
    Argentina separately declared war on the confederation.

  • Defeat

    Defeat
    The Peruvian army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Ingavi.

  • Provisional President

    Provisional President
    Having defeated the military and toppled the Ballivián government, Siles served as provisional president.

  • MNR

    MNR
    MNR party went underground and in April 9–11, 1952 led the historic Bolivian National Revolution, aided by defections from the armed forces to the rebel.

  • Vice President

    Vice President
    Siles, his logical successor, easily won the elections of 1956 and became President of the Republic.

  • Che Guevara

    Che Guevara
    A revolutionary leader that was killed by a team of CIA officers and members of the Bolivian Army.

  • Military

    Military
    Colonel Hugo Banzer Suarez ruled Bolivia as the military dictator.

  • Failure

    Failure
    Siles again won in 1980 but was prevented from assuming the power, when, after Siles failed to get the majority vote in Congress, army launched the bloody coup

  • President

    President
    Hernán Siles Zuazo again became president, 22 years after the end of his first term of office.