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In 1952, 20.8% of the population of that age were in primary school and two thirds of the population (60.9%) were illiterate. A year after the start of the Revolution and in order to adapt the educational system to the reforms, in 1953 the government created the National Commission for Educational Reform, which presented its proposal in 120 days.
Both countries suffered heavy losses in the war. Bolivia lost an estimated 65,000 people killed and 35,000 wounded or captured out of a population of just under 3 million. [4] The humiliating disaster of the Chaco War had a profound impact on Bolivia, which saw the conflict as a watershed event in the history of the 20th century.
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario listen ⓘ, MNR) is now a centre-right, conservative political party in Bolivia. [11] [4] It was the leading force behind the Bolivian National Revolution from 1952 to 1964. It influenced much of the country's history since 1941.
Bolivia Peru: Indecisive, both sides claimed victory [4] Signature of the Treaty of Puno; Withdrawal of the Peruvian troops from the Bolivian territory. Bolivian withdrawal from southern Peru. [5] Pérez Rebellion (1862) Bolivia: General Gregorio Pérez's Rebels Victory. Government victory; Constitutional Revolution of Sucre (1865–1866) Bolivia
A recent live news broadcast in Bolivia was interrupted by a small black dog relieving itself on the anchor desk. Jam Press The unidentified canine was brought on set to help promote pet adoption.
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Barrientos played a part in the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952, when the MNR toppled the established order and took power. In fact, he was given the task of flying out of the country to bring back the revolutionary leader Víctor Paz Estenssoro , then in exile, once the rebellion succeeded.
Revolution was already in the air that winter. Harris had just come from Berlin , where he photographed the dramatic fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginnings of a united Germany.