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  2. Bolivia–Spain relations - Wikipedia

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    Bolivia maintained diplomatic relations with Spain throughout General Francisco Franco's administration. In the early 1950s, Antonio García Barón , a member of the Durruti Column and survivor of Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp arrived to Bolivia where he moved to the Bolivian jungle and set up an anarchist community.

  3. Category:Bolivia–Spain relations - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Bolivia–Spain relations" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence. [22] The leader of Venezuela, Antonio José de Sucre, had been given the option by Bolívar to either unify Charcas (present-day Bolivia) with the newly formed Republic of Peru, to unify with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, or to formally declare its independence from Spain ...

  5. Foreign relations of Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    Bolivia has an embassy and a consulate in Madrid, a consulate-general in Barcelona and consulates in Bilbao, Murcia, Seville and Valencia and vice-consulates in Granada and Palma. [206] Spain has an embassy in La Paz and a consulate-general in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. [207] Sweden: Bolivia has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in ...

  6. History of Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    Cultures of indigenous peoples in Bolivia developed in the high altitude settings of altiplano with low oxygen levels, poor soils and extreme weather patterns. The better-suited lowlands were sparsely inhabited by hunter-gatherer societies while much of the pre-Columbian population was concentrated in altiplano valleys of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca.

  7. Bolivarian countries - Wikipedia

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    Bolivia's independence struggle against Spain lasted from 1809 to 1825. Marshall Sucre called a Congress that declared absolute independence , gave it the name "Bolívar Republic", named Simón Bolívar its "Liberator" and offered him supreme political power, which he rejected. [ 5 ]

  8. Potosí - Wikipedia

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    For Europeans, Peru–Bolivia was located in the Viceroyalty of Peru and was known as "Upper Peru" before becoming independent as part of Bolivia. Potosí was a mythical land of riches, it is mentioned in Miguel de Cervantes' famous novel, Don Quixote (second part, chap. LXXI) as a land of "extraordinary richness".

  9. List of wars involving Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, Spain and the South American allies signed peace treaties separately: Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883), and Ecuador (1885) Bolivian Civil War of 1870 (1870–1871) Bolivia: Rebels Victory. Government victory; War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Bolivia Peru Chile: Defeat. Litoral Department ceded by Bolivia to Chile