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Bolivia's first call for independence was in 1809 and then they finally became an independent country in 1825
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Argentina separately declared war on the confederation.
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The Peruvian army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Ingavi.
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Having defeated the military and toppled the Ballivián government, Siles served as provisional president.
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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.
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Siles, his logical successor, easily won the elections of 1956 and became President of the Republic.
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A revolutionary leader that was killed by a team of CIA officers and members of the Bolivian Army.
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Colonel Hugo Banzer Suarez ruled Bolivia as the military dictator.
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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
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Hernán Siles Zuazo again became president, 22 years after the end of his first term of office.
