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  Bolívar's War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bolívar's War refers to a series of independence wars in South America from 1811 to 1825 led by the famous South American nationalist and general Simón Bolívar.
Independence movements in the northern regions of Spanish South America had an inauspicious beginning in 1806.
After defeat in Venezuelan War of Independence in 1811-1812 rebel leader Simón Bolívar fled to New Granada and returned with a new army, while the war had entered a tremendously violent phase.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bolivar's_War   (1006 words)

  
 List of wars - Simple English Wikipedia
1478 - War between the Principality of Moscow and the Republic of Novgorod.
1532 - 1546 Ottoman-Habsburg War in the Mediterranean
1918 Finnish Civil War, fought between "the reds" (rebellious Socialists) and "the whites" (anti-Socialists) in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_wars   (1565 words)

  
 The Chaco War
Bolivian politicians, at the urgence and demand from these international companies,as well as their need for a waterway, declared war in 1932 and ordered the first shots fired at a Paraguayan border town called Vangaurdia.
Bolivian culture and ethnicity are crucial to understanding the Chaco War and its outcome.
As Paraguay was attempting to adequately arm itself, a Bolivian force stromed the Paraguayan fort at Vangaurdia on June 15, 1932 and the war began.
www.american.edu /TED/ice/chaco.htm   (1475 words)

  
 U.S. DRUG CONTROL IN THE AMERICAS: TIME FOR A CHANGE drug policy peru bolivia colombia narcotrafficking americas latin ...
Bolivian campesinos growing coca are better organized than their Peruvian counterparts, however, and exert strong political influence on the government.
Mexico's independent stand against the "colossus of the north" is to a large extent aided by the size of the Mexican licit economy.
During the Cold War, for instance, the war on drugs was subordinated in Central America to the anticommunist policy goals of the Reagan administration.
www.wtvi.com /wesley/drugwar.html   (12548 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ideologically, the Wars of Independence were born in the eighteenth century Age of Enlightenment, also sometimes labeled the Age of Reason.
Creole aspirations to independence were also fed by bread- and- butter issues which added to the smoldering jealousy and antagonisms that already marked social and political relations between creoles and peninsulares.
For fifteen years the Wars of Independence raged across Latin America from the northern deserts of Mexico to the cold, snowy passes of the Andes Mountains that divide Chile from Argentina in South America.
www.as.ua.edu /history/nv20dec6.htm   (17256 words)

  
 Bolivia: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Independence was declared in 1825 by an assembly which met in Chuqisaca (Sucre).
The discovery of rich nitrate deposits in the Atacama desert and rising border tensions led the outbreak of war betweeen Chile and Bolivia (1879-1883), in which Peru participated on the side of Bolivia.
Thus, from the declaration of independence to the end of the nineteenth century, ten different constitutions were enacted.
www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/bolhis.htm   (644 words)

  
 5. Bolivia. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
Bolivia became an independent nation with the support of Bolívar's armies.
Chilean troops occupied Bolivian territory (Antofagasta), an act that initiated the WAR OF THE PACIFIC (1879–84) (See 1879–83).
Chile declared war on the allies (April 5) and occupied all of Bolivia's coastline (1879).
www.bartleby.com /67/1668.html   (488 words)

  
 The Militant - 6/2/97 -- The Story Of An Epic Chapter In History Of The Americas

Preface and introduction to `Pombo: ...

Through the war, working with and learning from Fidel Castro, who became increasingly recognized throughout the Americas as the central political and military leader of the struggle, Che developed the capacities that enabled him to become one of the most capable communist leaders of the twentieth century.
The story of the revolutionary war and how it educated and transformed the men and women of the Rebel Army, including Che Guevara, is told with humor and eloquence in Episodes of the Cuban Revolutionary War, originally written by Guevara as a series of articles published in Cuba and elsewhere in the early 1960s.
Examining the events recorded in Che's Bolivian Diary and in my own, one can see how relations were established not only with different political forces within Bolivia and their representatives, but also with leaders and representatives of other political organizations of the continent.
www.themilitant.com /1997/6122/6122_9.html   (5755 words)

  
 AlterNet: DrugReporter: This Is Kerry on Drugs
SSDP is an educational and activist group looking for alternatives to the 'war on drugs,' with a focus on issues that have the greatest impact on youth.
For those who oppose the federal government's disastrous war on drugs, there are many things to dislike about the Bush Administration, not the least of which is its shameless – and dangerous – use of the war on terror to prop up the failed drug war and the accompanying $18 billion dollar bureaucracy.
War on Iraq: News that the White House is planning to attack Iran could be the real deal, or it could be an elaborate bluff.
www.alternet.org /drugreporter/19315   (2194 words)

  
 Reason
For those who oppose the federal government's disastrous war on drugs, there are many things to dislike about the Bush Administration, not the least of which is its shameless—and dangerous—use of the war on terror to prop up the failed drug war and the accompanying $18 billion dollar bureaucracy.
He is also one of the architects of "Plan Colombia," the multi-billion dollar militarization of the drug war in Colombia (which is now funded as part of the "Andean Counterdrug Initiative").
Until 2002, that is, when the drug war changed the political face of Bolivia and Evo Morales, a Fidel Castro clone and the candidate from the Movement Towards Socialism (SAM) garnered 22 percent of the popular vote in the Presidential race with the backing of Bolivian coca growers, only 4 percent shy of the winner.
www.reason.com /hod/dk071504.shtml   (1743 words)

  
 History of Chile
On September 18 of that year, celebrated thereafter as the Chilean independence day, the Santiago town council deposed the colonial governor of Chile, delegating his powers to a council of seven.
Rejecting Bolivian claims to the region, the Chilean government in February 1879 ordered its military forces into the Bolivian port of Antofagasta.
During the war the Communist Party emerged as one of the strongest political organizations in Chile.
www.emayzine.com /lectures/HISTOR~5.htm   (2523 words)

  
 BOLIVIA: THE AGRARIAN REFORM THAT WASN'T | World War 4 Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
After 52 years of agrarian reform, Bolivian agriculture is divided into two distinct tendencies: enormous latifundios (estates), vast territories in which only a small part is used for productive agriculture; and hundreds of thousands of tiny, over-cultivated properties owned by indigenous and/or campesino farmers.
Since colonization by the Spanish, the territory known since independence as Bolivia has been marked by political and economic domination of a small elite and a near-feudal economic system.
Independence did not result in a full break of the social structures set in place by Spain.
www.ww4report.com /node/1442   (1441 words)

  
 Daftar perperangan - Wikipedia
1918 Finnish Civil War, fought between "the reds" (rebellious Socialists) and "the whites" (anti-Socialists) in the aftermath of the Revolusi Russia of 1917.
War of the Last Alliance - (The Silmarillion)
War of the Ring - (The Lord of the Rings)
ms.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daftar_perperangan   (1506 words)

  
 The Fourth Rail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Today's Winds of War briefing reminds us this war is by no means over, that there are many more sacrifices to be made before this depraved enemy is defeated.
Joe Katzman "lances" the Lancet study of Iraqi casualties that is widely cited by war critics.
The Winds of War Briefing is a roundup of the latest news on the Global War on Terror with a quick summary of each article.
billroggio.com /archives/winds_of_war_briefing/index.php   (3478 words)

  
 Index Ga-Gb
In 2003 he was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison for proclaiming the independence of his province during the 2002 political crisis.
To be successful he would have to show that the central government in Madrid had transferred real power to the Consejo General Vasco; local control of the police force and courts were powerful symbols in his struggle to convince his opponents that their way forward lay in negotiations leading to a peaceful transfer of power.
He was a general leading the 6th Division of the Bolivian Army when, on July 17, 1980, he staged the 189th coup in 155 years of Bolivian independence.
www.rulers.org /indexg1.html   (9005 words)

  
 World War 3 Report #90   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
At least 20 US troops have died as the result of hostile fire since major combat was declared over in May. When the bodies of the two disappeared GIs were found north of Baghdad June 29, this brought the total of US dead since the start of the Iraq campaign to 200.
Algeria has been wracked by civil war since 1992, the year elections were cancelled by the army to keep an Islamist party from taking power.
The independent Council-appointed panel said it suspected that preparations were underway for another shipment of 50 tons of Serbian military equipment to Liberia via Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.ww3report.com /90.html   (16139 words)

  
 Democracy in Action  By June Thomas
According to the Financial Times, Abdurrahman has "appeared indecisive over the vital question of how to deal with Mr Suharto's family and cronies who enriched themselves during his presidency," an impression the trial is intended to dispel.
A piece in El Diario lamented that although an acceptable version of democracy has finally been achieved, the country is in desperate need of decent politicians who will serve the interests of society rather than themselves.
Today Bolivians must make a profession of faith to return to the path of progress and solidarity, because that's the only way to improve our future.
www.slate.com /id/87725   (706 words)

  
 Bolivia's Home-Grown President
But the question remains whether the first indigenous president in Bolivia's history will be allowed--by the Bolivian Congress or by the larger international financial and legal system--to live up to his promises and fulfill the enormous expectations of his supporters.
In fact, despite being the testing ground for much of neoliberal economic policy in the past twenty years, the average Bolivian is now poorer than his grandparents were fifty years ago.
In Bolivia the United States is not only a symbol of foreign capital but of the bitter "war on drugs" that strong-armed Bolivia into accepting a US-financed coca eradication campaign that even the World Bank has admitted bears responsibility for Bolivia's continued poverty.
www.thenation.com /doc/20060109/eviatar   (1849 words)

  
 EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM: 'Resistance' Call at Anti-War Rally
Stop the War Coalition was the leading group that helped organise joint protests across Europe last year.
Stop The War Coalition convenor Lindsey German said it was ''a personal decision for families involved in this conflict to speak out, but we are very pleased when they do.
Although the rally was relatively small, it was in line with majority opinion.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=25895   (783 words)

  
 jacquesleshock: Wars in history[edit]Ancient era1200 BC
53 BC - 51 BC - Parthian War of Marcus Licynius Crassus
51 - 63 - wars between Nero and the Parthians
161 - 166 - Parthian war of Lucius Verus
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 JPRI - Books
Okinawa and its role in the Cold War is hidden history for most Americans and Japanese.
It was the scene of the last and bloodiest battle of World War II and was occupied by the American military until 1972.
Since then it has remained the site of some 39 American military bases located in close proximity to the 1.29 million people of Okinawa.
www.jpri.org /publications/books.html   (381 words)

  
 Plaza Murillo | Museum/Attraction Review | La Paz, Bolivia | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In its glory days, the plaza was surrounded by eucalyptus trees and a statue of Neptune.
In 1900, the plaza was officially named Plaza Murillo after General Murillo, one of the heroes of the Bolivian independence movement.
During the Pacific War (1879-84), when Bolivia lost its seacoast to Chile, the soldiers wore red uniforms.
www.frommers.com /destinations/lapazbolivia/A30916.html   (382 words)

  
 Cochabamba department, Bolivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The current Cochabamba department flag is the flag used by the Cochambians in the Battle of Aroma (Independence war).
[med] In a Bolivian atlas I saw a variant of this flag, with horizontal blue and white.
However, I think this is the correct one.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/bo-c.html   (116 words)

  
 UEHS Global Studies 10- Latin American Independence Project
The Movement for Independence - O Movimento pela Independência - Library of Congress
Brazilian War of Independence 1821-1825 - Armed Conflict Events Data - OnWar.com
Last updated 21 October 2004 by Cheryl Naslund.
www.uetigers.stier.org /library/latinamericanindependence.html   (86 words)

  
 Research Advisory Service - Doe/Moffitt Libraries
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www.lib.berkeley.edu /doemoff/ras_spr04.html   (259 words)

  
 anabaptist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam (by MLK) - Common Dreams
Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist - Guardian Unlimited, 1/7/2006
War, not weather, top cause of hunger-UN agency - Reuters, 5/23/2005
www.anabaptist.org   (3650 words)

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