Today is Independence Day, a public holiday in Bolivia. Known in Spanish as ‘Dia de la Patria’, this is Bolivia’s National Day and marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence on August 6th 1825.
On May 25th 1809, the Chuquisaca (modern-day Sucre) Revolution was the first popular uprising in Latin America and is known in Bolivia as ‘Primer grito libertario’ (the first shout of freedom). This led to the Bolivian War of Independence which would last for 16 years. Eventually, the Colonial forces were defeated and Bolivian independence was proclaimed on August 6th 1825.
To honor the role of the Venezuelan resistance leader Simón Bolívar in leading the fight for independence, Charcas was renamed Bolivia. Interestingly it is said that when deciding what path Charcas should take after independence from Spain, Bolívar favoured a union with Peru and that naming Bolivia after him was a way to get him to accept creating a newly independent country.
Bolivia’s flag features its coat of arms emblazoned on three horizontal bands of red, yellow, and green, representing the nation’s fight for independence, vast mineral resources, and wealth of agriculture and landscapes, respectively.
The coat of arms further symbolizes Bolivia’s natural landscape with a depiction of the sun rising adjacent to Mount Potosi, the peak that towers over La Paz.
Huanya Potosi
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I hate it when people ask me if I did anything exciting over the weekend…like I’m over here skydiving. I’m old. I went to Costco, did some laundry, ate too much food, and took a nap.
A huge part of marriage is asking the other person if they have “any thoughts on dinner?” every day for the rest of your life.
JD Vance’s couch is polling higher than JD Vance right now. Also, JD Vance is probably polling his couch right now.
A friend who has worked in Chicago his entire life tells me it’s not that violent. His job is tail gunner on a school bus.
Barbie: My product was first launched in Japan. Oppenheimer: Mine too.
I was born a male and identify as a male. But according to Stouffer’s lasagna, I’m a family of four.
I prefer Christians who get upset about poverty, racism, war, and injustice rather than art they don’t understand.
Apparently, the wound on his ear healed. I’m still waiting for the hole under his nose to close up.
New book: Everything I don’t like is THE DEVIL! The emotional Bible thumpers guide to the 2024 Olympics opening.
The greatest difference between a man and a woman is the meaning of “What an ass”.
I wish I had enough money to discover that it doesn’t make me happy.
Driving by myself is exhausting because I have to be the lead singer, the backup singers, the dancers, etc.
Elon now says he is punishing people who use the term ‘weird’ to disparage supporters of OrangeMan. BWAHAHAHAHAHA
I showed my blog to my psychiatrist and she wants to talk to all of you.
Never baptize a cat. Apparently, they don’t like it when you try to save their soul. Trust me.
I did a push-up today. Well, actually I fell down. But I had to use my arms to get up So… you know, close enough.
He was White and then all of a sudden he became Orange. Someone should look into that.
On this day in 1974, ABBA scored their first US top 10 hit when ‘Waterloo’ went to No.6. ‘Waterloo’ was written specifically to be entered into the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, after the group finished third with ‘Ring Ring’ the previous year in the Swedish pre-selection contest. The original title of the song was ‘Honey Pie’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJBNJ2wq0Y
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