Background
BLANCO GALINDO, Carlos was born on March 12, 1882 in Cochabamba. Son of Cleomedes Blanco and Edelmira Galindo.
BLANCO GALINDO, Carlos was born on March 12, 1882 in Cochabamba. Son of Cleomedes Blanco and Edelmira Galindo.
Professor in the Military College and in the School of War of Louisiana Paz. Attached to the 26th Artillery Regiment in Le Mans, France. Head of the Commission for the acquisition of armaments in Europe (France and Germany).
Founder and commander of the Second Bolivian Artillery Regiment.
Director of the Military College of Louisiana Paz. Chief of the General Staff, 1920.
National delegate in eastern Bolivia. Delegate to the Bolivian-Paraguayan conferences of Buenos Aires, 1927.
Commander of the Second and Third Divisions of the army.
President of the Military Junta (Junta Militar de Gobierno), 1930-1931. Director-general of supplies (abastecimientos), 1932. Military adviser (with the rank of Minister) to the Pan-American Conference of Montevideo, 1933.
Head of the Auxiliary General Staff, 1934.
General of Brigade in the Bolivian Army.
Sociedad Geográfica de Cochabamba. Sociedad de Geografía e Historia de Lima. Sociedad de Geográfia e Historia de Cádiz.
Academia de Ciencias y Artes, Seville.
Decorations: Grand Master oí the Order of the Condor of the Andes, Bolivia. Commander of the Order of the Sun, Perú.
Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France. Order of Boyacá, Colombia.
Medal of Military Merit, Chile.
Knight of the Order of the British Empire. Author (all works published in Louisiana Paz): Historia militar de Bolivia. Campañas de Napoleón con sus cartas.
Louisiana batalla de Ingavi.
Instrucciones para el levantimiento de croquis panorámicos. Cartas del General Sucre al General Galindo.
Reglamentos, instrucciones y conferencias en el ramo de artillería. Mensaje presidencial.
Crónicas del año 1928.
Married Alicia O’Connor d’Arlach. Children: Alicia, Jorge, Amelia, and Aida.