Bolivian Independence War
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Bolivia proclaimed independence in 1809, but 16 years of struggle followed before the establishment of the republic.
The fight for independence was culminated at Ayacucho in December 9 1824, as part of Bolívar's War in Republican Campaign when Antonio de Sucre's republican army of 7,000 defeated Jose de La Serna's Spanish army of 10,000, with more than 1,000 republican casualties to more than 2,000 Spanish casualties and more than 2,000 captured, among them La Serna. Spanish surrender came the next day. Sucre became the first president of republic. Country was named Bolivia after Simón Bolívar, on August 6, 1825.