Texas, from the first day it had
humans step on it, has been a wild battlefield. Even before the
Spaniards arrived in the 1500’s, Texas’ native Americans fought day and
night until the Apache were the only large tribe left after wiping 15
other tribes in 200 years. But later the land was conquered by
the Spanish and later became land of Mexico in 1824. But Texas
soon detached from Mexico, only 11 years later in the battle of
Gonzalez. But Texas was still not a state from the U.S. It
was a state of its own, not a tranquil one though, for at the south
Mexicans insisted on their possession of Texas and Americans did the
same on the north. On 1845, U.S. President James Polk
put Texas in the United States. But this still did not control
Texas, for it was wild and self-ruled until the XX century. Texas
was the central military base of the Southern United States during the
Civil War , for it was the only state who counted on a real
powerful army next to Alabama’s. After the great loss, Texas
still was the untamable state, until 1901, when a massive amount of
"black gold" was found, which forced the American government to
reestablish its power over Texas, and Texas the wildest state of
all finish its wild state of being.
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On August 6th, 1825,
the land known as AltoPerú became the Republic of Bolivia.
After 16 years of a blood revolutionary war, Simon Bolívar
turned into the first president of Bolivia. He did not
believe Bolivia should be a country by itself, but his ego was his
biggest witness. The congress offered him the title of presidence
of a country they would name after Bolívar.
Now adays, with a population density of less than 9 people per squared
kilometer, Bolivia is in the worst of situations and history is being
made now.
The congress is fludded with corrupt popliticians and the president is
overridden constantly. Therefore, agreements are never
reached. The people organize strikes and blochades, and the
country is completely blocked.
How is Bolivia supposed to advance if nobody cooperates.
On August, the Constituent Assembly shall take place, hopefully
reaching peace and agreements. But will this happen if the people
do not realize they are no the only Bolivians?
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