latter bears his last name in honor of his expeditions there. Several of his expeditions to the region took place around the Madidi, Madre de Dios, and Mamoré rivers, collective studies were made on the subject and published by the University of La Plata, in Argentina. Furthermore, Pando's exploration greatly contributed to Bolivia's cartography, providing crucial knowledge about uncharted lands in the Amazon Rainforest. Political career The Liberal Party He entered as a member of the Liberal Party in 1884, a party of which he started leading after replacing General Eliodoro Camacho in 1894. He was head of the Liberal Party of Bolivia until the end of his presidency. Over the years, Pando became one of the greatest landowners of Bolivia, benefiting from the laws of 1874 and 1880. As head of the Liberal Party, Pando was a candidate for the presidency of the republic in the 1896 general elections, being defeated by the Conservative Party and its leader, Severo Fernández Alonso. That same year, he assumed the position of senator for the Department of Chuquisaca. Uprising against the Conservatives Pando would be the leader of the Federalists when they rose up against the government in 1898, obtaining the support of the Aymaras of the country and of Colonel Pablo Zárate Willca, known as the "Fearsome Willka". Thus, the Bolivian Civil War of 1898-1899 began. After four months of fighting, he triumphed over the conservative forces of President Fernández in the Battle of the Segundo Crucero. A Federal Government Board was created, made up of Pando, Serapio Reyes Ortiz and Macario Pinilla Vargas, which installed the seat of government in La Paz. The Board carried out some institutional reforms and public works, such as the construction of the government palace of La Paz. The Board was dissolved at the National Convention of 1899, when Pando was elected president. President of Bolivia Administration Pando was fifty years old when he assumed the Presidency. During his administration, the first Bolivian census of the 20th century was carried out in 1900. Moreover, it was discovered that there was a surplus in the trade balance, due to the rubber boom, ensuring that for the following decades the economy would be stable. Pando ordered the construction of roads going from the valleys to the plains, linking the distant settlements to the major urban centers of Bolivia in an attempt to connect the country and to