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unusual facts about Upper Peru



José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui

In 1809 he took command of the Peruvian royalist armies in Upper Peru, sent to suppress the revolutionary forces at La Paz, even though this province belonged the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

Juan Felipe Ibarra

In late 1810, after the May Revolution, Ibarra joined the army that made the first expedition to Upper Peru (Bolivia).

Tomás Katari

Tomás Katari or Catari (died January 15, 1781) was an Aymara chief who, in claiming indigenous rights, led a popular uprising in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia) in the 18th century.


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Bolivian War of Independence

On November 11, the representative of the Junta of Seville, José Manuel de Goyeneche, arrived in Chuquisaca, after stopping in Buenos Aires, with instructions to secure Upper Peru's recognition of authority of the Seville Junta.

José Manuel de Goyeneche, 1st Count of Guaqui

In a few weeks afterwards he occupied the whole of Upper Peru, including the cities of La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Potosí, re-establishing Spanish control over the territory.

Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales

With the victory in the Battle of La Florida, he received many wounds and almost lost his life, protected the entrance to the High Peru of the Northern Army, in his third attempt to incorporate the Upper Peru to the revolution, led by José Rondeau, and reoccupied the city of Cochabamba.

Juan Felipe Ibarra

He formed a division under the command of Colonel José María Paz, intended to form part of the expedition to Upper Peru had Güemes had planned,