New York J 5431: Commemorating the 193rd Anniversary of the Independence of Bolivia on August 6, 2018

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Senate Resolution No. 5431
Senator PERALTABY:
the 193rd Anniversary of theCOMMEMORATING
Independence of Bolivia on August 6, 2018
The Bolivian region in the Andes has likely been inhabitedWHEREAS,
for nearly 20,000 years; it was home to the Tiwanakan culture, the
Moxos, Mollos, and later the Incas until the Spanish conquest in 1525;
and
What is today Bolivia was long deemed a part of the SpanishWHEREAS,
Viceroyalty of Peru, known as Alto Peru; and
There was a long conflict in authority between Upper PeruWHEREAS,
and Peru, and the colonies with the Spanish crown; this conflict of
authority resulted in a local power struggle in Upper Peru between 1808
and 1810, which constituted the first steps taken toward autonomy; and
In 1808, the President of the Audiencia, Ramon Garcia LeonWHEREAS,
de Pizarro, leaned towards affiliation with Carlotta, but the oidores of
the Audiencia favored the Supreme Central Junta; on May 25, 1809, the
oidores deposed President Garcia Leon de Pizarro and established a junta
to govern in the name of Ferdinand VII; and
During the following seven years, Upper Peru became theWHEREAS,
battleground for forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate and
royalist troops from Peru; although the royalists repulsed three
Argentine invasions, guerrillas controlled parts of the countryside,
where they formed six major republiquetas; and
By 1817, Upper Peru was relatively quiet and under theWHEREAS,
control of the Viceroyalty of Peru; and
By the early 1820s, General Simon Bolivar succeeded inWHEREAS,
liberating both Venezuela and Colombia from Spanish domination; in 1822,
he dispatched Antonio Jose de Sucre to Ecuador to defeat the Royalists
at the battle of Pichincha; and
After years of guerrilla action against the Spanish and theWHEREAS,
victories of Bolivar and Sucre in the battles of Junin and Ayacucho,
Peru won its independence; and
At this point, Sucre incited a declaration of independenceWHEREAS,
for Alto Peru, and exactly one year later, on August 6, 1825, the new
Republic of Bolivia was founded by a constitutional congress in honor of
Simon Bolivar; and
Bolivar and Sucre served as Bolivia's first and secondWHEREAS,
presidents; and
Many Bolivians have made New York their home, and thisWHEREAS,
Legislative Body is justly proud to thank the Bolivian people for their

contributions to this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations toRESOLVED,
commemorate the 193rd Anniversary of the Independence of Bolivia on
August 6, 2018.