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Established as a country named after Simon Bolivar.
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Bolivia is under the rule of Marshal Andre de Santa Cruiz.
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Chile's ally declared war on the Confederation on 9 May
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The Peruvian army was decisively defeated at the Battle of Ingavi
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Both sides signed a peace treaty
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Peasants and the Bolivian army fought briefly but after a few victories, and facing the prospect of a total war against Brazil, it was forced to sign the Treaty of Petrópolis
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TimelineThe Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) emerged as a broadly based party was denied its victory in the 1951 presidential elections
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The MNR won the election
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Military junta overthrew President Estenssoro at the outset of his third term
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René Barrientos Ortuño, elected president
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The death of President René Barrientos Ortuño, a former member of the junta elected president
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Hugo Banzer Suárez elected as president
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Banzer ruled with MNR support
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He was forced to call elections
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Elections were inconclusive and marked by fraud. There were coups d'état, counter-coups, and caretaker governments
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General Luis García Meza Tejada carried out a ruthless and violent coup d'état that did not have popular support
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Military rebellion forced out Meza
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Hernán Siles Zuazo again became president, 22 years after the end of his first term of office (1956–60).
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Protests, particularly in La Paz and the Chapare coca-growing region
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Bolivia accounted for about one-third of the world's coca