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Los Tiempos was founded on 16 September 1943 by Demetrio Canelas, [2] who had already founded the newspaper La Patria in Oruro in 1919. [4] He was assaulted and practically destroyed by a mob of militants of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement on 9 November 1953, [5] resuming its publications on 19 July 1967 with the premiere of a rotary offset.
Los Tiempos — began publication September 1943 [1] El Tunari (weekly; Quillacollo) — began publication 26 February 2011 [2] Defunct newspapers Última ...
Manfred Reyes Villa (Súmate), mayor of Cochabamba [2] Vicente Cuéllar (Cambio25), rector of the Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University [3] Jaime Soliz , former prosecutor of the department of Santa Cruz (2005–2010) [4] Chi Hyun Chung, evangelical pastor, 2019 and 2020 presidential candidate [5] [6]
He served thrice as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Cochabamba from 1979 to 1980, 1982 to 1985, and 1993 to 1997, and was a senator for Cochabamba from 1989 to 1993. Galindo was former dictator Hugo Banzer 's vice-presidential candidate in 1985, and he ran his own presidential campaign in 1997 , failing to attain either ...
Cochabamba was the first place rugby union in Bolivia was formally established. Cochabamba was featured as a location in the story in the 1983 film, Scarface. Powerful drug lord Alejandro Sosa resided there, governed large coca plantations and owned cocaine labs whereupon further refining, would be shipped to Tony Montana in Florida.
Cochabamba Department is bordered by Chuquisaca and Potosi Departments to the south, Oruro and La Paz Departments to the west, Beni Department to the north, and Santa Cruz Department to the east. The borders are formed mainly by rivers, like Ichilo to the east, Rio Grande to the south and Cotacajes to the west.
The early front runner was the indigenous leader Felipe "Mallku" Quispe of Together for the Call of the Peoples (Juntos al Llamado de los Pueblos, J.A.LLALLA.L.P.). The first poll by Ciesmori gave Quispe 25% of the intended vote despite the fact that he had died of cardiac arrest on 19 January 2021. After two weeks of deliberation by party ...
In December 2006, Reyes Villa called for Cochabamba to hold a second referendum to give Cochabamba autonomy from the central government. [3] Reyes Villa claimed that the measure was only defeated before because the Morales government misled voters, saying "People thought autonomy meant you would need a passport to travel from one province to ...