Resumen

FLORES MONTALVO, Yevgueni. The economy of Potosí during the Antonio José de Sucre’s Administration. Rev. Fuent. Cong. [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.41, pp. 6-16. ISSN 1997-4485.

Bolivia was constituted as a free and independent territory in 1825, but it had to be reconstituted on many levels. During the colonial period Potosí was a very important economic center but, when Bolivia was founded, it faced a very different reality. By the time, a productive recess was generated, reason why the first republican administrations tried to mitigate the very poor economic situation by generating some public policies for the Imperial Villa of Potosí. The Antonio Jose de Sucre’s administration looked for interesting alternatives for the reactivation of this mining center, many of them directed to the argentiferous industry, and others to the better distribution of the public funds. Pitifully, these interesting public policies did not succeeded as a result of a reality lacking of material and human capitals.

Palabras llave : Economic history; Potosí; Antonio José de Sucre; Economy policies.