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July 1 – Bolivia summons its ambassador to Argentina after the latter’s president, Javier Milei calls the recent 2024 Bolivian coup attempt "fraudulent" and implies that it was staged. [ 4 ] July 15 – President Arce announces the discovery of natural gas reserves with an estimated volume of 1.7 trillion cubic meters at the Mayaya X-1 ...
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The history of Bolivia involves thousands of years of human habitation. Lake Titicaca had been an important center of culture and development for thousands of years. The Tiwanaku people reached an advanced level of civilization before being conquered by a rapidly expanding Inca Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Bolivia, [c] officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, [d] is a landlocked country located in central South America.The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities.
The Liberal Party's long rule of Bolivia, one of the most stable periods in the country's history, ended when the Republicans seized the presidency in a bloodless coup d'état in 1920. Fernando Díez de Medina , a Bolivian writer, commented on the change: "Twenty years of privilege for one group ends, and ten years of privilege for another begins."
The Bicentennial of Bolivia (Spanish: Bicentenario de Bolivia) is set to occur on 6 August 2025 and is considered in Bolivia to be the beginning of independence due to the Chuquisaca Revolution of 1809. In 2025, the bicentennial of the Bolivian Declaration of Independence will be celebrated in the same way. As part of the events for the ...
Bolivian inflation hit its highest level in nearly ten years, data from the South American country's national statistics office INE showed on Friday, hitting a 12-month rate of 5.19%, with a ...
While classified as an army mutiny, the events of 18 April 1828 resulted in the deposition of President Antonio José de Sucre and have been considered the first coup in Bolivian history. [5] Orchestrated by Casimiro Olañeta and promoted by Peruvian General Agustín Gamarra, the event saw an uprising by the military garrison in Chuquisaca. [6]