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12,000 BCE
Pre-Columbian period
In Bolivia, remains of human occupation from 12,000-10,000 B.C. have been found at the Viscachani site. Until 1200 BC, sedentary cultures developed in the highlands.
The culture of Tiwanaku, near Lake Titicaca, marks a moment of cultural flowering in the altiplanic zone, extending its influence throughout the Andean area. This culture was formerly considered the "cradle of American civilizations" -
1535
The Conquest
The conquest of the Inca Empire by Francisco Pizarro opened the way for the subjugation of present-day Bolivia in 1535 and the establishment of the Royal Court of Charcas, an essential part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, which covered all of what is now Bolivian territory -
Sep 18, 1559
The audience of Charcas
One of the most important institutions of colonial American government was the Royal Audiences, the bodies dedicated to carrying out judicial functions. The Audiencia of Charcas was the highest legal authority in the territory of Alto Perú, Tucumán, Río de la Plata and Paraguay. It was based in the city of Chuquisaca, also called La Plata at the time and currently Sucre. -
The Independence
The Independence of Alto Perú was a revolutionary process closely linked to the emergence of the Argentine State and the subsequent independence from Spain.
Entre 1810 y 1826 el Alto Perú fue escenario de interminables combates y batallas entre los realistas peruanos y altoperuanos y los patriotas argentinos y altoperuanos -
Consolidation of the Republic
Since its emancipation, Bolivia has been plunged into a chronic state of revolutions and civil wars. The first 50 years of the Republic were characterized by political instability and constant external threats that put its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity at risk. -
Pacific War
The conflict was originated by the interests of exploitation of guano and saltpetre, so it is also known as the Saltpetre War and had as a final consequence the loss of the sovereign exit to the sea for Bolivia, when Chile was left with Antofagasta, and for Peru the loss of its territories of Tarapacá and Arica. -
The Age of Tin
During this time the era of tin began, which replaced silver as the main source of foreign exchange, producing a dramatic change in the Bolivian economy. The leading figure of the time was Simon I. Patiño, a tin miner who became one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. -
The Acre War
The War of Acre (known in Brazil as the Acrean Revolution) was a series of border conflicts between Bolivia and Brazil, the outcome of which also affected territories in dispute with Peru. -
The Chaco War
The Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia was fought from September 9, 1932 to June 12, 1935, for the control of the Boreal Chaco. It was the most important war in South America during the 20th century. -
The revolution of '52
The Bolivian Revolution of 1952, popularly known as the National Revolution (RN), marks Bolivia's entry into the 20th century.
The RN carried out one of the greatest fundamental transformations in citizen participation in Bolivia, the distribution of land. -
Military governments
The military dictatorships carried out a policy of conservative economic reforms, such as reopening the tin mining industry to foreign private investment. -
Democratic Governments
In October 1982, Hernán Siles Zuazo took over the presidency again. He faced several ministerial crises and was unable to solve the country's economic problems. Paz Estenssoro's main achievement was a new economic policy that stopped a hyperinflation of the order of 27,000%. In the presidential elections of June 1997, former president Hugo Banzer won without an absolute majority. -
Evo Morales Ayma
Evo Morales Ayma took power as the first president of indigenous descent to be elected President of the Republic by an absolute majority of 60% of the votes. He did so promising to nationalize the country's hydrocarbons, fight corruption and the excesses of multinationals, allow the legal coca market and intervene without U.S. aid, better distribute land and govern for all. -
Resignation of Evo Morales
On the morning of November 10, the OAS verified the electoral fraud, in a controversial report, in front of the OAS report the government annulled the elections and called for new ones, At 16:57 in the afternoon, former president Evo Morales Ayma and his vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera resigned from the presidential command denouncing a coup d'état. -
COVID-19 in Bolivia
After the first cases of COVID-19 virus were confirmed, the national government put in place measures to prevent further infections. Flights, educational and non-essential activities in the country were suspended.
