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No los véis sobre México y Quito
arrojarse con saña tenaz
Y cual lloran, bañadas en sangre,
Potosí, Cochabamba y La Paz


Bolivia was the last (Hispanic) South American country to achieve its independence (1825). Its independence was a result of Bolivar's campaign (Bolivia was the last country the soldiers lead by him reached).

However, paradoxically, Bolivia was one of the first South American country to have a revolution. The revolution started in Chuquisaca the 25th May 1809 (exactly one yer before the may revolution in Buenos Aires) and then expanded to other cities, such as La Paz or Potosí. It was supressed quite brutally in December 1809, by loyalists forces who came from Perú and ... Buenos Aires (!).

But what if it hadn't fell. Would the Alto Perú have become an independent country, or would it have joined Perú or Argentina?
And, if it had become independent,... could an earlier self-obtained independence make Bolivia have a better possition than the one she has nowadays? (IOTL Bolivia has lost territory to most of its neighbours, including Pataguay, and is the poorest South american country)
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