Mini Miner

Santa Cruz to Potosi

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November 18th 2005
18th November 2005 - We flew from Santa Cruz to Sucre (the official capital of Bolivia) arriving at about 11.20am. Sucre is a very pretty town which is full of white washed colonial buildings with a pleasant leafy plaza. Although it is officially the capital it only has a population of 225,000 and La Paz has taken most of the power away from it other than that of the supreme court. We got a tax ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Chuquisaca Department » Sucre

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more