What were two causes of the War of the Pacific between Chile, Bolivia, and Peru?
Access to the sea and bird guano….no really…. you make nitrates from bird droppings and make explosives from the nitrates……strange but really true…..
Diablada 100% Original Folkloric Dance from Bolivia !!!
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Heavy Guns/valparaiso Photo Mugs During the war between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru, heavy guns are mounted onto moveable carriages at Valparaiso. …. |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Heavy Guns/valparaiso from Mary Evans $29.99 Photo Puzzle, HEAVY GUNS/VALPARAISO. During the war between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru, heavy guns are mounted onto moveable carriages at Valparaiso. . Chosen by Mary Evans. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. This item is shi… |
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Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global Drug $19.83 Illuminating a hidden and fascinating chapter in the history of globalization, Paul Gootenberg chronicles the rise of one of the most spectacular and now illegal Latin American exports: cocaine. Gootenberg traces cocaine’s history from its origins as a medical commodity in the nineteenth century to its repression during the early twentieth century and its dramatic reemergence as an illicit good af… |
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The Caudillo of the Andes (New Approaches to the Americas) $19.00 Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and 1839 he created the Peru-Bolivia Confederation. The epitome of an Andean caudillo, with armed forces at the center of his ideas of governance, he was a state builder whose ambition ensured a strong an… |
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Lucy Plays Panpipes for Peace $9.99 Lucy, a California free-spirit and SGI Buddhist, follows her dream to the Andes in 2002, seeking to find or create the ideal society which she senses in the sound of the panpipes. In Peru and Bolivia she participates in traditional ceremonies, chews the sacred coca leaf, and encounters U.S.-supported human rights abuses that lead her to a life or death decision.What folks are saying about Lucy: -”… |