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Narciso Campero
Narciso Campero Leyes (29 October 1813 – 12 August 1896) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as the 20th president of Bolivia from 1880 to 1884. The Narciso Campero Province was named after him. Early life and family The Campero family A descendant of the holders of the Marquisate of Yavi and Valle de Tojo, he was the son of Felipe Campero, son of the third marquis Juan José Gervasio Fernández Camperon, and Florencia Leyes. Therefore, he was the nephew of Colonel of the United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata, Juan José Feliciano Fernández Campero IV Marquis of Valle de Tojo, who was one of the leaders of the ''montoneras de gauchos'' under the command of General MartÃn Miguel de Güemes. Beginning of his military career He studied law at the '' Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca'', but soon changed to a career of arms. He began his military career at the Battle of Ingavi in 1841 and later studied at the French Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uladislao Silva
Uladislao Silva (2 January 1840 – 3 October 1898) was a Bolivian military officer who was ''de facto'' President of Bolivia after becoming the head of the Government Junta installed in La Paz after the overthrow of Hilarión Daza. Silva was made Supreme Chief of the Junta on December 28, 1879. Early life and family Silva was born in La Paz to Pedro Juan Silva and Luisa Arancibia. From humble beginnings, he joined the Military College of La Paz. He would reach the rank of colonel in 1876 after participating in the mutiny in Santa Cruz de la Sierra during the coup that ousted Tomás FrÃas. He was married to Margarita Portillo on May 26, 1862. Silva's rise in the military ranks was greatly due to his relationship with AgustÃn Morales, who served as President between 1871 and 1872. Silva served as aide-de-camp to Morales and was in the President's inner circle, always dining with him. Prelude to the War of the Pacific The treaty with he ''CompañÃa de Salitres y Ferrocarr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero
Linadaura Anzoátegui Campero (31 March 1846, in Tojo – 25 June 1898, in Sucre) was a Bolivian poet and writer. She was the first lady of her country between 1880 and 1884. Biography Anzoátegui-Campero was born in a finca near to the villa of Tojo, pertaining to the marquesado of the Valley of Tojo, in the current department of Tarija. She was the daughter of Miguel Anzoátegui-Pacheco de Melo and MarÃa Calixta Campero Barragán, and granddaughter of the Marquis of Yavi (or of the Valley of Tojo), Juan José Feliciano Fernández Campero y Pérez de Uriondo Martiarena, who died in 1820 as a prisoner of the Spanish realist forces in Kingston (island of Jamaica), for rebelling against the Spanish Crown, following the Surprise of Yavi in 1816. Lindaura Anzoátegui Campero was orphaned at the age of 16 years. She went to live with her sister Adelaida Anzoátegui Campero who was married to Pedro José Zilvetti in Sucre. In this city, she developed her intellectual interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Province
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department. Each department is divided into provinces. There are 112 provinces. The country's provinces are further divided into 337 municipalities which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council. List of provinces Beni Department Chuquisaca Department Cochabamba Department La Paz Department Oruro Department Pando Department Potosà Department Santa Cruz Department Tarija Department See also * Departments of Bolivia * Municipalities of Bolivia Municipalities in Bolivia are administrative divisions of the entire national territory governed by local elections. Municipalities are the third level of administrative divisions, below departments and provinces. Some of the provinces consist of ... Sources Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica - Bolivia(Spanish) {{Articles on second-level administrative divisions of South American countries Subdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Officer
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
École Spéciale Militaire De Saint-Cyr
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is ''Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre'', literally meaning "They study to vanquish" or, more freely put, "Training for victory". French cadet officers are called ''saint-cyriens'' or ''cyrards''. France's other most senior military education institute is the ''École de guerre'' (EdG) (School of Warfare), located in the ''École militaire'' complex, in Paris. French students who enter Saint-Cyr as cadets are about 21 years old, and undergo three years of training. All ESM cadets graduate with a Master of Arts or a Master of Science and are commissioned officers. The academy was founded in Fontainebleau in 1802 by Napoleon. It was moved in 1806 to the buildings of the former ''Maison Royale de Saint-Louis'', in Saint-Cyr-l'École, west of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of San Francisco Xavier
The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca ( es, Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca; USFX) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universities of the new world, ranking as the second oldest university in the Americas behind Peru's National University of San Marcos. On many historical texts it is also referred as the University of Charcas ( es, Universidad de Charcas). Founded in 1624 by order of the Spanish King Philip IV, and with the support of Pope Innocent XII, the university was intended to provide an education in Law and Theology to the families and descendants of the wealthy gentry of South America. At the turn of the 19th century, Chuquisaca and its university came to constitute a center of revolutionary zeal in Bolivia. The university intellectually sustained the well-cultivated Francophile elite whose ideals led to the Bolivian War of Independence and ultimately t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MartÃn Miguel De Güemes
MartÃn Miguel de Güemes (8 February 1785 – 17 June 1821) was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spanish royalist army during the Argentine War of Independence. Biography Güemes was born in Salta into a wealthy family. His father, Gabriel de Güemes Montero, born in Santander, in the Spanish province of Cantabria, was a learned man and was serving as royal treasurer of the Spanish crown. He got his son to have a good education with private teachers who taught him philosophical and scientific knowledge of his time. His mother was MarÃa Magdalena de Goyechea y la Corte, born in Salta. He was sent to study at the Royal College of San Carlos in Buenos Aires. At 23 he started his military career and took part in the defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the RÃo de la Plata, where Güemes achieved notability when he and his cavalrymen charged and took over the armed British merchantman ''Justine'', moored in shal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Provinces Of The RÃo De La Plata
The United Provinces of the RÃo de la Plata ( es, link=no, Provincias Unidas del RÃo de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America ( es, link=no, Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), was a name adopted in 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán for the region of South America that declared independence in 1816, with the Assembly of the Year XIII, Sovereign Congress taking place in 1813, during the Argentine War of Independence (1810–1818) that began with the May Revolution in 1810. It originally comprised rebellious territories of the former Spanish Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata dependencies and had Buenos Aires as its capital. The name ''"Provincias del RÃo de la Plata"'' (formally adopted during the Cortes of Cádiz to designate the Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata) alludes to the ''Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del RÃo de la Plata'' or Primera Junta. It is best known in Argentinean literature as ' ("United Provinces of the RÃo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of a regiment in an army. Modern usage varies greatly, and in some cases, the term is used as an honorific title that may have no direct relationship to military service. The rank of colonel is typically above the rank of lieutenant colonel. The rank above colonel is typically called brigadier, brigade general or brigadier general. In some smaller military forces, such as those of Monaco or the Vatican, colonel is the highest rank. Equivalent naval ranks may be called captain or ship-of-the-line captain. In the Commonwealth's air force ranking system, the equivalent rank is group captain. History and origins By the end of the late medieval period, a group of "companies" was referred to as a "column" of an army. According to Raymond Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narciso Campero Province
Narciso Campero is a province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Aiquile. Aiquile lies on one transportation route between the cities of Cochabamba, Sucre and Santa Cruz. Subdivision The province is divided into three municipalities which are further subdivided into cantons. 1998 earthquake Campero was near the epicenter of an earthquake which struck on May 22, 1998. The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). It caused over 100 deaths and left thousands homeless. It was the largest shallow earthquake in Bolivia in over 50 years, and was felt as far away as Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 630 ... and Sucre (approximately 100 km). The earthquake caused widespread damage over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Bolivia
The president of Bolivia ( es, Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( es, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the captain general of the Armed Forces of Bolivia. According to the Bolivian Constitution, the president is elected by popular vote to a five-year term with no limit on the number of terms a president may serve. If no candidate wins a majority (defined as either more than 50%, or alternatively at least 40% and at least 10% more than the second-place candidate), the top two candidates advance to a runoff election. Luis Arce is the 67th and incumbent president of Bolivia. He assumed office on 8 November 2020. Constitutional history Establishment On 6 August 1825, the Republic of Bolivia declared its independence and proclaimed Simón BolÃvar head of state. While it is certainly true that BolÃvar was the official ruler of the country s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivians
Bolivians ( es, Bolivianos) are people identified with the country of Bolivia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Bolivians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Bolivian. Bolivia is, as its neighboring countries, a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of indigenous and Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Bolivians do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Bolivia. Aside from the indigenous populations, Bolivians trace their ancestry to the Old World, primarily Europe and Africa, ever since the Spanish conquest of South America and founding of first Spanish settlements in the Viceroyalty of the RÃo de la Plata. Modern Bolivian population, estimated at 11 million is formally broken down into Amerindians (prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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