According to Areacodesexplorer, Bolivia is often called “South Tibet of South America” ​​due to the country’s high and isolated location, without its own coastline. Bolivia is dominated by the Native American population and their culture, about 65% of the country’s population is of Native American descent. The number of different Native American groups amounts to […]

In the presidential elections of 7 May 1951, V. Paz Estenssoro, the candidate of the Social Revolutionary and pro-Indian Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR), the strongest party in Bolivia with broad supporters among the miners and the rural population, was victorious. Paz Estenssoro’s inauguration was prevented by a military coup. Thereupon the miners led by Juan […]