QUESTIONS TO THE PROJECT PRESENTATION

1.What were his/her PRACTICE AREAS / GROUPS?

montes was also one of the founders of the Bolivian liberal party.

2.What EXPERIENCE or CAREER HIGHLIGHTS did he/she have?

His gifts as a military, lawyer and politician led him to occupy the high office of constitutional
President of Bolivia on two occasions

3.What were his/her PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES and MEMBERSHIPS?

He won the chair of civil law in the faculty of law of the universidad mayor DE SAN andres
(umsa).

4.What was his/her LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION?

He began his studies of law in 1878 receiving the title of lawyer from the universidad mayor DE
SAN andres

5.Did he/she have any OTHER EDUCATION?

Apart from being a military profession, he was also a lawyer and politician also committed to
the educational mission.

6.What were his/her COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES? Did he/she have any COMMUNITY
MEMBERSHIPS? (this goes for the professional memberships as well).

• he founded the national teachers' school in sucre, hiring georges rouma's Belgian mission to
train teachers and apply new methods and procedures for teaching.

• education received preferential attention with the determined participation of don Daniel
sanchez bustamante and Juan misael saracho.

• in an effort to improve education in remote rural areas, montes ordered the construction of
several primary schools throughout the country.

• montes also began construction of the workers hospital in la paz to provide free medical care
to the workers.

• he also promoted sports activities and founded several sports clubs to encourage the
practice of sports among young bolivians.

7.Did he/she have any PUBLISHED WORKS? ARTICLES, PAPERS, NOTES or PRESENTATIONS?

Maria Robinson Wright dedicated to the then President ismael montes the book "Bolivia" the
central road of South America (printed text in Philadelphia)

8.Did he/she speak any other LANGUAGES?

He spoke mainly Spanish and aymara, also said to have basic knowledge of French and English.

9.Did he have MILITARY EXPERIENCE?

Yes, he enlisted as a soldier during the war of the Pacific, where he participated in the battle of
alto DE la alianza in which he was wounded, for which reason he was promoted directly to the
rank of sub-lieutenant without having entered the military college of the army, but when he
already held the rank of captain, he retired from the army.

10.Did he/she have any TRIALS, CASES, or TRANSACTIONS you’d like to mention?

As a lawyer, montes worked on several important cases during the era of the Pacific war
between Bolivia and Chile. In particular, he stood out for his participation in the "feats del
mutun" case, where he defended a group of Bolivian soldiers who had been accused of
desertion.

11.Did he/she have any AWARDS or HONORS?

Ismael montes had the honor of being an army general and Commander of the army in the
acre war with Brazil.

12.Do you have any PERSONAL INFORMATION about him/her?

Montes was taller than short, of airy and pleasant continent, pale color, black hair, with a
populated and beautiful moustache, trembling in a clear and calm voice, penetrating and
imposing look, and distinguished manners. At first sight he seemed to have a cold
temperament and a hard heart; But a close examination of him revealed in him a gentle genius,
a great heart, a severe conscience, and for the performance of duty a character of steel

13.What else do you want to say about him/her?

The treaty of October 20, 1904, by which Bolivia ceded the coast to Chile, is the most serious
charge, with baldon category, that weighs on the person and the government of montes.
Because of it we have so far "officially" lost our coastline.