spanish ruled the country before it became bolivia.
who ruled the country before it became bolivia?
spanish
silver mining at porco occurred already during pre-columbian times. for example, the silver in the coricancha temple of cuzco originated at porco. in fact, porco was the major silver source for the inca, and consequently their government heavily intervened in the region. even after the inca, porco was a major source of silver for the spanish. later additional ores of lead, tin, and zinc were mined at porco as well, and the mine became bolivia's largest source of zinc.
porco (caldera)
in 1983 bahá'ís of bolivia were planning to establishing a university at santa cruz with educational extension programs for rural areas. the project gathered effort as institutions were developed to aide indigenous populations. two institutions - the funideaq, the foundation for the development and education of aymara and quechua peoples, and fundesib, the foundation for the integral development of bolivia, were established by the national assembly of bolivia and hoped that they would serve as an alternative to politically based indigenous or government programs which were seen as promoting hatred or violence by the bahá'ís, see fundaec, for a similar organization in colombia, where some guidance was borrowed from. one of their early focuses was the development of "nur university" which was established as a bahá'í school of secondary education in august 1984 and started its first academic year in april 1985. nur university received presidential decree no. 20441 authorizing its establishment as a private university and began offering undergraduate programs in 1985 and became bolivia's first graduate college in 1994. beginning in 2000 the university received awards and grants and in 2001 nur was evaluated as a "full university". in 2002 it was selected as a "center for educational excellence" for the andean region: an initiative launched at the summit for the americas, supported by the united states agency for international development (usaid).
bahá'í faith in bolivia