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Victor Paz Estessoro is Exiled to Argentina
After the 1951 election, Victor Paz Estenssoro was exiled to Argentina. He was told he had not won the 51% of votes necessary to win, but he actually had: the military junta in charge of the government had simply not wanted to hand over power to the leader of a revolutionary party. -
Antonio Seleme Vargas is dismissed from government
On April 6, 1952, Antonio Seleme Vargas was dismissed from his position in the military junta after the government found out that he was involved in the revolution. This was bad because he lost legal control over La Paz's 2000 man police force. -
Fighting begins in La Paz
Since 2000 men in the police force would not be enough to fight the military's nearly 8000 men, the leaders of the revolution sought help from armed workers' unions, and gave weapons to civilians. After fighing for a few days, the Bolivian military surrendered. -
Revolution is declared successful
After days of fighting in La Paz: Bolivias capital, it was announced that the revolution was successful and the military junta had been overthrown. The revolution was helped by armed worker militias and soldiers who had turned to the revolutionaries' side. -
Victor Paz Estenssoro is declared president
After the revolution ended, leaders of the revolution decided to bring Victor Paz Estenssoro out of his exile in Argentina to lead the country. Since Estenssoro had won the election, the leaders of the revolution decided to bring him back. -
Tin mines become nationalized
After becoming president, Victor Paz Estenssoro watned to help the miners and natives of Bolivia. He started this movement by granting universal suffrage. He later nationalized the tin mines and raised miners' wages. -
Universal Suffrage is established
After the revolution ended, Victor Paz Estenssoro was brought to power. The main issue he wanted to adress was the rights of the natives, who had no rights. He granted them rights, including the right to vote. The right to vote became universal in Bolivia, granting it to everyone. -
First post-revolution election
In 1956, the first election after the revolution was held. Since universal suffrage had been granted, the population of voters increased from about 200,000 to nearly 1 million.
