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Wálter Guevara
Wálter Guevara Arze (March 11, 1912 in Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia – June 20, 1996 in La Paz, Bolivia) was a Bolivian statesman, cabinet minister, writer, and diplomat, who served as the 54th president of Bolivia on an interim basis in 1979. Background and earlier career Guevara was born in Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department on March 11, 1912. Trained as a lawyer and economist, he studied in the United States. He co-founded the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) in 1941, alongside Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Hernán Siles, and others. When the MNR came to power following the 1952 Bolivian Revolution, Guevara served as minister of foreign relations in the cabinet of President Paz Estenssoro (1952–56). He was then appointed Minister of Interior by President Siles (1956–60). Often seen as the third-highest leader in the MNR hierarchy (after Paz and Siles), the relatively conservative Guevara clashed repeatedly on ideological grounds wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guevara
Guevara is a surname of Basque origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Amado Guevara (born 1976), Honduran football (soccer) player * Álvaro Guevara (1894–1951), Chilean painter * Ander Guevara (born 1997), Spanish footballer for Real Sociedad * Ángel Aníbal Guevara (born 1924), Guatemalan politician * Antonio de Guevara (c. 1481 – 1545), Spanish chronicler and moralist * Armando Guevara (born 1955), Venezuelan boxer * Ava Rossana Guevara, Honduran politician * Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967), Argentine Marxist revolutionary * Diego de Guevara (c. 1450 – 1520), Spanish diplomat and art collector * Ena Guevara (born 1959), Peruvian long-distance runner * Felipe de Guevara (died 1563), Spanish humanist * Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), Spanish cardinal * Gerardo Guevara (born 1930), Ecuadorian composer * Giomar Guevara (born 1972), Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Seattle Mariners * Hermógenes Leonel Guevara Mora (born 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcial Tamayo
Marcial is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name *Marcial Ávalos, Paraguayan footballer *Marcial Calleja (1863–1914), Filipino lawyer *Marcial Cuquerella (born 1977), Spanish businessman *Marcial Gómez Parejo (1930–2012), Spanish painter and illustrator *Marcial Hernandez (born 1974), Dutch military officer and politician *Marcial Lichauco (1902–1971), Filipino lawyer and diplomat *Marcial Maciel (1920–2008), Mexican Catholic priest and sex offender *Marcial Mes (c. 1949 – 2014), Belizean politician *Marcial Pina (born 1946), Spanish footballer *Marcial Samaniego, Paraguayan general, writer and politician People with the surname * Ana Marcial (born 1953), Puerto Rican swimmer * Eumir Felix Marcial (born 1995), Filipino boxer See also * Martial (other) Martial was a 1st-century Roman poet. Martial may refer to something of military style or warlike. Martial may also refer to: People * Saint Martia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher University Of San Andrés
Higher University of San Andrés (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés or UMSA or Major University of San Andrés) is the leading public university in Bolivia, established since 1830 in the city of La Paz. UMSA is the second-oldest university in Bolivia, after the University of San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca (1624). It is one of the most prestigious higher academic centers in the country. As of 2013, UMSA had around 80,434 registered students, making it the university with the largest student body in Bolivia. Several presidents of Bolivia have studied at the university. In 2017, the QS Latin American University Rankings placed UMSA as the best Bolivian university and in the position 91 of the Latin American Universities. History The university was founded by Andrés de Santa Cruz by Supreme Decree on 25 October 1830. Owing to its being situated in the nation's seat of government, La Paz, the Higher University of San Andrés has since its founding influenced the social life an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Merit Of The Federal Republic Of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellectual or honorary fields. It was created by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, on 7 September 1951. Colloquially, the decorations of the different classes of the Order are also known as the Federal Cross of Merit (). It has been awarded to over 200,000 individuals in total, both Germans and foreigners. Since the 1990s, the number of annual awards has declined from over 4,000, first to around 2,300–2,500 per year, and now under 2,000, with a low of 1752 in 2011. Since 2013, women have made up a steady 30–35% of recipients. Most of the German federal states (''Länder'') have each their own order of merit as well, with the exception of the Free and Hanseatic Cities of Bremen and Hamburg, which rej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Condor Of The Andes
The Order of the Condor of the Andes ( es, links=no, La Orden del Cóndor de los Andes) is a state decoration of the Plurinational State of Bolivia instituted on 12 April 1925. The Order is awarded for exceptional merit, either civil or military, shown by Bolivians or foreign nationals. There are six grades: Grand Collar, Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, and Knight. Recipients Recipients of the Order include: * Konrad Adenauer, German chancellor * Xavier Albó Corrons, Jesuit priest, expert in the indigenous peoples of Bolivia * Hernán Terrazas Céspedes, Bolivian general and Mayor of Cochabamba * Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslavian politician * Carlos Calvo Calbimontes, Foreign Secretary of Bolivia * Pedro Castillo, President of Peru * Adolfo Costa du Rels, Bolivian author and diplomat * Jimmy Doolittle, USAF General, Doolittle Raid Leader * Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor * Pope Francis * Ernesto Galarza, Mexican-American activist * Clark Hewitt Galloway * Charl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Socialist Party (Bolivia)
The Independent Socialist Party (Spanish: ''Partido Socialista Independiente'', PSI) was founded in March 1938 by Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Carlos Salamanca, Jorge Aráoz Campero, Carlos Montenegro Carlos Montenegro Quiroga (26 December 1903 – 10 March 1953) was a Bolivian lawyer, journalist, politician, and writer who served as minister of agriculture from 1943 to 1944. He was the principal political theorist of the Revolutionary Nat ... and Augusto Céspedes, following a split in the United Socialist Party. Independent Socialist Party was created by a radical sector and was “''the advocate economic nationalism and are in favor of controlling foreign capital, and its re-investment in Bolivia''”. The Independent Socialist Party was associated with the revolutionary government of Colonel Germán Busch Becerra, between 1937 and 1939. For the 1938 elections, the Independent Socialist Party was the component of the pro-military Socialist Single Front. During the 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement ( es, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario , MNR) is a centre-right conservative political party in Bolivia and was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 1941. Origins The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement was begun in 1941 by future presidents Víctor Paz Estenssoro and Hernán Siles Zuazo. It soon attracted some of the brightest members of the Bolivian intelligentsia. Among the party's most prominent supporters were Humberto Guzmán Fricke, Juan Lechín, Carlos Montenegro, Walter Guevara Arze, Javier del Granado, Augusto Céspedes, Lydia Gueiler, Guillermo Bedregal, and Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, a number of whom later became presidents of Bolivia. At the time of its establishment it was a leftist/reformist party, along the lines of similar Latin American parties such as the Dominican Revolutionary Party, Democratic Action in Venezuela, the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Authentic Revolutionary Party
The Authentic Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Auténtico, PRA) was a political party in Bolivia. History The Authentic Revolutionary Party was founded in 1960 as a faction of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), the ruling party under the presidency of Víctor Paz Estenssoro by Wálter Guevara Arze, formerly a major MNR ideologist and foreign minister, who unsuccessfully opposed Víctor Paz Estenssoro in the 1960 presidential election, polling 14% of the votes. The party was led by Guevara Arze, Jorge Ríos Gamarra and José Luis Jofre. The Authentic Revolutionary Party adopted a reformist, nationalist position critical of what it saw as the excessive influence of left-wing labor unions in the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement and in Bolivian politics generally. By 1962, Guevara Arze had become convinced that the MNRA must establish its own identity separate from that of the MNR, so it was rechristened the Authentic Revolutionary Party – exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bolivia. Its metropolitan area, which is formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca makes up the second most populous urban area in Bolivia, with a population of 2.0 million, after Santa Cruz de la Sierra with a population of 2.3 million. It is also the capital of the La Paz Department. The city, in west-central Bolivia southeast of Lake Titicaca, is set in a canyon created by the Choqueyapu River. It is in a bowl-like depression, part of the Amazon basin, surrounded by the high mountains of the Altiplano. Overlooking the city is the towering, triple-peaked Illimani. Its peaks are always snow-covered and can be seen from many parts of the city. At an elevation of roughly above sea level, La Paz is the highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 630,587 according to the 2012 Bolivian census. Its name is from a compound of the Quechua words ''qucha'' "lake" and ''pampa'', "open plain." Residents of the city and the surrounding areas are commonly referred to as ''cochalas'' or, more formally, ''cochabambinos''. It is known as the "City of Eternal Spring" or "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year round. It is also known as "La Llajta," which means "town" in Quechua. It is the largest urban center between the higher capital of La Paz and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in the tropical plains of the east. It sits south-west of the Tunari mountains, and north of the foothills of the Valle Alto. In antiquity, the area featured numerous lakes, which gave the city its na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
