List of wars involving Bolivia

• Disintegration of Spanish America
• Diplomatic recognition in 1821 (Portugal), 1822 (US), and 1825 (UK).
• Spain retained the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico until the Spanish–American War of 1898.
• Banda Oriental and Spanish Texas become part of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and First Mexican Empire respectively.

Patriots:

• Bolivia
  • Republiquetas
• Gran Colombia
• Peru
• United Provinces

• Spain
  • Viceroyalty of Peru

• Independence of Bolivia

• Mato Grosso

• Brazilian troops temporarily occupy the region of Chiquitos and Moxos.
• Simón Bolívar pledged not to support the Argentines on the issue of Cisplatina.

• Polo–Bustamante Treaty is signed in 1909

• British legion

• Upper Peru

• Establishment of the Second Republic of Upper Peru.
• End of Gran Colombian influence in Bolivia.
• Start the Gran Colombian-Peruvian War.
• More of 65% of Bolivia occupied by the Peruvian Army

Supported by:
France
Republic of Iquicha
Pipiolos

Supported by:
Argentina
Chile
Spain
Limeños and Arequipeños

• Execution of Felipe Santiago Salaverry
• Creation of a confederate state
• Start of the War of the Confederation

Orbegoso government
(only in 1838)

• Chile
• Peruvian restorers
  • La Fuente government
    (1837)
  • Gamarra government
    (1838–1839)

Argentine Confederation
(since 1837)

• Fall and dissolution of the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation
• Peruvian reunification and restoration of the republics of Peru and Bolivia
• Exile of Andrés de Santa Cruz
• Iquicha War of 1839
• Through negotiations with Bolivia, Argentina recovers the territories of the provinces of Jujuy and Salta that were occupied during the war

• Subsequent peace between the Argentine Confederation and Bolivia after the dissolution of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation
• Through negotiations with Bolivia, Argentina recovers the territories of the provinces of Jujuy and Salta that were occupied during the war

• Peruvian invasion repelled by Bolivian troops
• Bolivian invasion repelled by Peruvian troops
• Status quo ante bellum

• Government victory

• Indefinite armistice of 1871
• Peace treaties between Spain and Peru (1879), Bolivia (1879), Chile (1883) and Ecuador (1885).

• Government victory

• Bolivia becomes a landlocked country.
• The Peruvian Civil War started a year later due to the Treaty of Ancon
• Chilean influence increased until 1885, when Cáceres won the Peruvian civil war.
• Litoral Department (Antofagasta) occupied by Chile since 1879, ceded by Bolivia to Chile in 1904.
• Tarapacá Department occupied by Chile since 1879, ceded by Peru to Chile in 1884.
• Puna de Atacama ceded by Bolivia to Chile and Argentina in 1889 and 1899.
• Tacna Region occupied by Chile since 1880, returned to Peru in 1929.
• Arica Province occupied by Chile since 1880, ceded to Chile in 1929.

• Subjugation of the Chiriguano people

• Creation of the Federal Government Junta
• La Paz becomes de facto seat of government

• Treaty of Petrópolis (between Bolivia and Brazil)
• Valerde-Río Branco Treaty (between Brazil and Peru)
• Polo-Bustamante Treaty (between Peru and Bolivia)
• Brazilian annexation of Acre

• Withdrawal of the Bolivian Army.
• Mandatory recognition by Bolivia of the Polo-Bustamente treaty given in 1909.
• Peruvian Republic obtains 250,000 km² recognises by Bolivia in the treaty and cedes 400km² to Peru

Most of the disputed area awarded to Paraguay

• Collapse of the German Reich
• Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
• Creation of the United Nations
• Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
• Beginning of the Cold War

• Resignation of President Mamerto Urriolagoitía
• Replacement of the oligarchic

political order

• The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement's recognition during elections.

• Che Guevara executed

(1970)