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Eliodoro Villazón
Eliodoro Villazón Montaño (22 January 1848 – 12 September 1939) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 27th president of Bolivia from 1909 to 1913 and as the 15th vice president of Bolivia from 1904 to 1909. Early life Villazón was born on January 22, 1848, in the town of Sacaba in the department of Cochabamba. He was the son of José Manuel Villazón and Manuela Montaño. His great uncle was General Anastasio Villazón. He graduated as a lawyer from the University of San Francisco Xavier and one of the most distinguished lawmakers in the country. At the age of twenty, during the de facto government of President Mariano Melgarejo (1864-1871), Villazón founded the newspaper ''El Ferroviario''. Villazon married Enriqueta Torrico. Political career He began his political career at a very young age, joining the ''Partido Rojo'', a party founded by former president José María Linares. He was also a municipal councilor for the city of Cochabamba and Depu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montaño
Montaño is a Spanish-language surname, related, but pronounced differently, to the Italian surname Montano and French surname Montaigne. The name Montano also occurs without the "ny" sound ñ as Montano in Spain. Notable people with the surname include: * Alysia Montaño née Johnson, American track and field athlete, 800 metres national champion * Cristian Montaño, Colombian football player * Gabriela Montaño (born 1975), Bolivian physician and politician * Miguel Montaño (born 1991), Colombian footballer who plays for Seattle Sounders FC * Víctor Montaño (born 1984), Colombian football player See also * Montano, Italian surname {{DEFAULTSORT:Montano Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. He was a member of the Liberal Party. 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 Río 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 Martín 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Argandoña
Francisco Argandoña Revilla (4 June 1850 - 27 August 1910) was Prince of La Glorieta, based in the city of Sucre in Bolivia. Along with his wife, Clotilde Urioste de Argandoña, he founded many charitable organizations and was famous for his charity. Together, they founded the "San Francisco" and "Santa Clotilde" orphanages. Life He was born in the city of Potosí on June 4, 1850, the son of a family of mining origin related to the Huanchaca mines; I study mineralogy at The Mackay School in Valparaíso. Upon his return to the country he began working at the Huanchaca Mining Company, and managed to buy shares worth 200,000 pesos. In 1868, he settled in the city of Sucre, where he developed extensive philanthropic and charitable work. In 1874 he married Clotilde Urioste Velasco. Business and political life In 1878, there was a real boom in the Huanchaca Mine, where silver began to be extracted in abundance, enriching the coffers of Francisco and Clotilde. In 1879, he made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Melgarejo
Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (13 April 1820 – 23 November 1871) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the fifteenth president of Bolivia from December 28, 1864, until his fall on January 15, 1871. He assumed power in 1864 after staging a coup d'état against president José María de Achá, thus beginning six-year dictatorship, popularly known as the ''Sexenio''. He would cement his power after personally killing former president Manuel Isidoro Belzu in 1865. He was of controversial personality and his dictatorship is remembered in Bolivia mainly for its poor government administration and its abuses against the indigenous population, in addition to having signed unfavorable border treaties with Chile and Brazil in 1866 and 1867, which proved to be devastating in coming years. On January 15, 1871, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army at the time, General Agustín Morales, along with the support of the people of La Paz, tired of the president's desp ... [...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 (USFX; ) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the New World. In many historical texts, it is also referred to as the University of Charcas. Founded in 1624 by order of the Spanish King Philip IV of Spain, 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, Sucre, Chuquisaca and its university came to constitute Chuquisaca Revolution, 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 to the independence of all the Spanish colonies. Once a Bolivian Declaration of Independence, Republic was proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Bolivia
The vice president of Bolivia (), officially known as the vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (), is the second highest political position in Bolivia. The vice president replaces the president in his definitive absence or others impediment and is the ''ex officio'' Plurinational Legislative Assembly, President of the Legislative Assembly. Thirty nine men have served as vice president of Bolivia since the office came into existence on 19 November 1826. José Ramón de Loayza was the first vice president of the Republic of Bolivia. The 38th vice president, Álvaro García Linera, was the last vice president of the Republic of Bolivia and the first vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The second and current vice president of the Plurnational State is David Choquehuanca (2020 Bolivian general election, since 8 November 2020). There are currently five living former vice presidents. The most recent former vice president to die was Julio Garrett Ayllón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Bolivia
The president of Bolivia (), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of 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 Bolívar head of state. While it is certainly true that Bolívar was the official ruler of the country starting from his arrival on 12 August, there exists conflict amongst schol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivians
Bolivians () 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 Río de la Plata. Modern Bolivian population, estimated at 11 million is formally broken down into Amerindians (primarily Quec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasio Villazón
Brigadier General Anastasio Villazón (18 November 1788 in Cartagena de Indias, Viceroyalty of New Granada – 31 March 1852 in Cochabamba, Bolivia) was a Bolivian military officer who served during the Spanish American Wars of Independence. He was a relative of Bolivian President Eliodoro Villazón, who also served as Vicepresident. Early life and education Anastasio Villazón was the son of Manuel Villazón Lluch and Benedicta Ramallo Posada. He was born in Cartagena de Indias on November 18, 1788. His father was a local politician and his mother was the daughter of Colonel Francisco de Paula Ramallo Quiroga. He spent most of his youth in Cartagena, spending some time in France and Spain. He stayed with his uncle, Fadrique Ramallo Posada, in Sevilla between 1802 and 1805. He was educated at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, where he graduated as a lawyer in 1812. During his time at the university, he joined the movement to overthrow the Spanish regime in the Americas. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (Bolivia)
The Liberal Party ( Spanish: ''Partido Liberal''; PL) was a liberal political party in Bolivia active between 1883 and 1979. It was one of two major parties, alongside the Conservative Party, that dominated the politics of Bolivia from 1884 to 1920. The Liberals constituted the primary opposition to the Conservatives from 1884 to 1899 and ruled continuously from 1899 to 1920 after taking power in the Federal War. Liberal rule ended in 1920 when the party was ousted in a coup d'état. The Liberals remained intermittently influential and electorally competitive until the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952, and it finally lost its legal party status in 1979, during the democratic transition. History The Liberal Party was formally founded in 1883 by Eliodoro Camacho. The party espoused freedom of religion, a strict separation between church and state, legal acceptance of civil marriages and divorce, and strict adherence to democratic procedures. When the party took powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochabamba
Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, 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 languages, 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 numero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba (, , ), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the " granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products from its geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km2. Its population in the 2024 census was 2,005,373. Its capital is the city of Cochabamba, known as the "City of Eternal Spring" and "The Garden City" because of its spring-like temperatures all year. History The Cochabamba valley has been inhabited for over a thousand years due to its fertile productive soils and climate. Archaeological evidence suggests that the initial valley inhabitants were of various ethnic indigenous groups. Tiwanaku, Tupuraya, Mojocoya, Omereque and Inca inhabited the valley at various times before the Spanish arrived. The first Spanish inhabitant of the Valley was Garci Ruiz de Orellana in 1542. He purchased the majority of the land from local tribal ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
