Acre War
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The Acre War, known in Brazil as Acrean Revolution and in Spanish as Guerra del Acre was a border conflict between Bolivia and the First Brazilian Republic over the Acre Region, which was rich in rubb
Colonel Ismael Montes, Bolivia's Minister of War and commander of the 1st Expedition to Acre
The steamer Solimões
José Plácido de Castro (pictured by Percy Fawcett, 1907)
Bolivia
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Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. Its geography primarily consists of an Andean region to the west and tropical lowlands
Acre War
…known in Brazil as Acrean Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Acreana) and in Spanish as Guerra del Acre ("War of the Acre") was a border conflict between Bolivia and the First Brazilian Republic over the Acre Region, which was rich in rubber and gold deposits. The conflict had two phases between 1899 and 1903…
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The Kalasasaya Temple of the Tiwanaku Polity (200 BC)[page needed]
The Villa Imperial de Potosí, established in 1545, held great significance for the Spanish colonial empire, as its abundant mineral wealth accounted for over half of the global silver production during the colonial period.
Metropolitan Cathedral of Sucre in Sucre, a UNESCO World Heritage city
Historic headquarters of Banco Nacional de Bolivia in Sucre