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During his first administration (1865-1868) the finance minister, Manuel Pardo (later President of Peru 1872-1876), needed fresh revenues to replace the declining guano income, and imposed new taxes on saltpeter, wool, sugar, cotton, etc., as well as an inheritance and property transfer tax. Opposition to the new taxes (see cartoons), combined ...
Bolivia marked its transition to democracy in 1982 when the Armed Forces ceded power to a civilian-led government elected two years prior. [2] Despite continued economic turmoil and political instability, the return to civilian rule mostly closed the cycle of volatility that caused the country to experience a multitude of attempted and successful revolutions and coups d'état in the two ...
The 2019 Bolivian protests, also known as the Pitita Revolution (Spanish: la Revolución de las Pititas), [3] were protests and marches from 21 October 2019 until late November of that year in Bolivia, in response to claims of electoral fraud in the 2019 general election of 20 October.
Image credits: Oleksandr Dyakov Even if there might be obstacles or difficulties with the trip, it seems like people love to travel.Research has shown that around 31% of Americans take up to three ...
Black history, to me, means my Mississippi mother was right after all. She often told me that “Any room you walk into, assume you belong there.” Ironically, I’m not sure my mother– a ...
Sucre (Spanish pronunciation:; Quechua: Chuqichaka) is the de jure capital city of Bolivia, [1] the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the sixth most populous city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of 2,790 m (9,150 ft).
Rapidly rising country-folk singer Oliver Anthony has released a music video for his newest single “90 Some Chevy,” following the success of his breakout viral song “Rich Men North of ...
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