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Manuel Ascencio Padilla
Commandante Manuel Ascencio Padilla (or Manuel Ascensio Padilla) (September 26, 1774 – September 14, 1816) was an Upper Peruvian guerrilla chief who fought in the Bolivian War of Independence with his wife, Juana Azurduy de Padilla who shared his commitment towards Bolivian indigenous populations. The town of Padilla, Bolivia is named in his honor. Early years A Criollo, Padilla was born in Chipirina, Upper Peru (now Chipirina, Chayanta Province, Bolivia), in 1774, the son of a local landowner. He spent the early years of his life near his hometown, joining the army at an early age. He participated in the enforcement and execution of Damaso Katari, Tupac Amaru's successor in La Paz. Though studying to be a lawyer at the University of Saint Francis Xavier, Padilla left school to marry Juana Azurduy (born 1781) in 1805. Her father was Spanish and her mother was Chola (3/4 Native, 1/4 Spaniard). Career Padilla joined revolutionaries in the War of Independence on May 2 ...
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Chuquisaca Revolution
The Chuquisaca Revolution was a popular uprising on 25 May 1809 against the governor and intendant of Chuquisaca (today Sucre, Bolivia), Ramón García León de Pizarro. The Real Audiencia of Charcas, with support from the faculty of University of Saint Francis Xavier, deposed the governor and formed a junta. The revolution is known in Bolivia as the "''First cry of freedom''" ( es, Primer grito libertario), meaning, the first step in the Spanish American wars of independence; but historians dispute whether such a description is accurate or not. Causes Although nearly 30 years had passed, the indigenous revolutions led by Túpac Amarú II and Tomás Katari, and their violent repression, were still remembered. Those revolutions ranged from the south of modern Colombia to the north of modern Argentina and Chile. There was great concern about recent developments at Spain. French forces led by Napoleon had invaded many parts of the country and captured the Spanish king Ferdinand VII, ...
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Battle Of Salta
The Battle of Salta took place on February 20, 1813 on the plains of Castañares, north of the present-day Argentine city of Salta, during the Argentine War of Independence. The Army of the North, under the command of general Manuel Belgrano, defeated for the second time the royalist troops of general Pío de Tristán, after their victory in the previous September at the Battle of Tucumán. The unconditional surrender of the royalist troops ensured Argentine control over most of the northern territories of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Background Belgrano had taken advantage of the victory at Tucumán to reinforce his army. In four months he improved the discipline of his troops, improved training and recruited sufficient men so as to duplicate their numbers. The artillery abandoned by Tristán in the previous battle helped Belgrano to fill his lack of equipment. At the beginning of January, he started a slow march towards Salta. On February 11, on the banks ...
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Battle Of Tucuman
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas bat ...
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Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in Argentine Northwest, northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near the southern end of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands. Its population at the was 237,751 inhabitants. If its suburbs are included, this figure rises to around 300,000.Indec:Instituto Nacional De Estadistica Y Censos De La Republica Argentina
The current mayor is Raúl Jorge.


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The city lies on National Route 9 (Argentina), National Route 9 that connects La Quiaca with Salta , and it is from Buenos Aires. Tourist destinations not far from the city are Tilcara ...
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Tacobamba
Tacobamba is a small town in Bolivia, Not to be confused with Taco Bamba, the Mexican food chain from Virginia. Located near the city of Potosi, Tacobamba sits in the south of Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p .... The main event in Tacobamba are the carnivals which feature residents dressing up in brightly colored clothing and dancing to music. Weather Tacobamba is located between the Bolivian Altiplano in the west and the Amazon lowlands in the east. The region has a typical daytime climate, in which the mean temperature differences between day and night are greater than the temperature differences between the seasons. The annual average temperature of the region is 14 °C and fluctuates between 11 °C in June and 16 °C in November (see cl ...
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Esteban Arze
Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone . People with the given name * Esteban Alvarado, Costa Rican goalkeeper * Esteban Andrés Suárez, Spanish football goalkeeper * Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer * Esteban de la Fuente, Argentine basketball player * Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer * Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer * Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver * Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican racing driver * Esteban Lazo Hernández, Cuban politician * Esteban Loaiza, Mexican retired baseball player * Esteban Navarro, Spanish novelist * Esteban Ocon, French racing driver * Esteban Pérez, Argentine basketball player * Esteban Solari, Argentine football player * Esteban Trapiello, Venezuelan businessman * Esteban Tuero, Ar ...
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Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina. He is regarded as one of the main Founder Fathers of the country. Belgrano was born in Buenos Aires, the fourth child of Italian businessman Domingo Belgrano y Peri and María Josefa González Casero. He came into contact with the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment while at university in Spain around the time of the French Revolution. Upon his return to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, where he became a notable member of the criollo population of Buenos Aires, he tried to promote some of the new political and economic ideals, but found severe resistance from local peninsulars. This rejection led him to work towards a greater autonomy for his countr ...
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Esteban Arce Province
Esteban Arce is a province in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Tarata. Many people from the Esteban Arze province (Tarata and Arbieto) have migrated abroad,mainly to Argentina and to the Washington DC area (Arlington county, Fairfax county, and Alexandria Virginia, and Montgomery County Maryland.) https://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/only-bridge-matters-now Subdivision The province is divided into four municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. The municipalities with their seats are: Places of interest * Laguna La Angostura Holidays and Feasts The province's primary feast is in honor of Saint Severin, which is celebrated the last Sunday of November in the town of Tarata. See also * Atuq Wachana * Jatun Mayu * Jatun Urqu * Jatun Urqu (Matarani) * Jaya Mayu * Misuk'ani * Puka Qawiña * Pukara Pukara (Aymara and Quechuan "fortress", Hispanicized spellings ''pucara, pucará'') is a defensive hilltop site or fortification built b ...
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Republiqueta De La Laguna
In South American history, republiquetas were independence-seeking guerrilla groups in the period 1811-1825 in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia). Their first historiographical mention and description came from Argentine president and historian Bartolomé Mitre. After the defeat of the first auxiliary Argentine army in the Battle of Huaqui, an amalgam of urban republicans, peasants, and Argentine agents effectively occupied vast, generally rural areas. The guerrillas received support from another three military expeditions from Argentina from 1813 to 1817, but all of them were eventually vanquished after a number of early successes. The largest cities were occupied only for brief periods and eventually nearly all of these guerrilla movements disbanded or were defeated by royalist A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, whi ...
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Santa Cruz De La Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; "Holy Cross of the Mountain Range"), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Metropolitan Region is the most populous urban agglomeration in Bolivia with an estimated of 2.4 million population in 2020, it is formed by a conurbation of seven Santa Cruz municipalities: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Guardia, Bolivia, La Guardia, Warnes, Bolivia, Warnes, Cotoca, El Torno, Santa Cruz, El Torno, Porongo, and Montero, Bolivia, Montero. The city was first founded in 1561 by Spanish explorer Ñuflo de Chavez about east of its current location, and was moved several times until it was finally established on the Piray River, Pirai River in the late 16th century. For much of its history, Santa Cruz was mostly a small outpost town, and even after ...
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