Athletic A miracle! During the years 1970 and 1980, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia's second city, was home to the Tahuichi Aguilera Soccer Academy, one of the most popular football academies in the world. Tahuichi work was difficult because of many problems in the country by military coups of extreme poverty. However, this school has made sports history when he won the World Championships in 1978 and 1982. However, over time, the academy provided several players for the Bolivian national soccer team. Since the early 1990s, curiously Tahuichi Aguilera was the core of the team that finished second in the country in the World Cup Elimination Round for South America. During this event, the republics of Latin America experienced a "miracle Olympic," as the national team, led by Marco Antonio Etcheverry, also known as El Diablo (the devil), beat Brazil (2-0) and become idols national. It was the first time the Brazilians had lost in the FIFA World Cup qualifying since 1963. Bolivia has been anything but unbeatable in 1993 and early 1994. Without doubt, the ex-Mr Etcheverry Aguilera Tahuichi Academy - is the most famous soccer player in Bolivia in the 20th century. Other idols are popular Milton Coimbra and Erwin "Platini" Sanchez. At the XV World Cup in Los Angeles (CA), between June 17 and July 17, 1994, the Bolivian team place 21. This was Bolivia's third World Cup appearance. E 'accepted two invitations to compete in the 1930 and 1950. Country profile: Bolivia This landlocked nation is surrounded by five republics: Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay. Economically, it is the poorest nation in the Americas, with the exception of Haiti. However, this Spanish-speaking country is a place of immense economic resources. It is home to at least nine million people do the majority of the indigenous population. It has two capitals: La Paz (administrative) and Sucre (judicial). On the other hand, Bolivia is the birthplace of José Gamarra Zorrilla, the most prominent activist in South America to the Olympic Movement. After independence in 1825, this resource-rich South America was one of the most unstable in the Western Hemisphere. According to Guinness World Records, Bolivia has had a record of 191 strokes by hand. Tahuichi Aguilera Soccer Academy - a remarkable example In addition to winning the World Championship (1978 and 1982), Tahuichi Aguilera has received several awards, including the championship of South America (Argentina, 1978), the International Sun Bowl (United States, 1980), the Pan American tournament (Brazil 1981), the International Tournament (Spain, 1984), the Gothia Cup (Sweden, 1984-1985, 1988-1990, 1993, 1995-97, 1999, 2001) and the Helsinki Cup ( Finland, 1988-89, 1995). In addition to this, the Bolivian Academy won numerous international events in the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. From 1979 until the end of 2000, several players from Tahuichi Aguilera competed for Bolivia. In 1985, this Spanish-speaking nation was one of 16 countries to participate in the FIFA Under-16 World Cup in China. On 31 July 1985, the men's game, under the guidance of Marco Etcheverry - a player born, tied with the host country 1-1 in the Workers Stadium in Beijing, before a crowd of 80,000 fans. Finally, the South American Republic 13 th place in the universal case. Two years later, after winning the South American Championship in Peru in 1986, the Under-16 national football team qualified for the FIFA World Championship second, which was held in four Canadian cities (Montreal, Toronto, Saint John and Saint Johns ) in July 1987. During that season, Luis Hector Cristaldo Ruiz Diaz, who was born in Argentina, and Etcheverry were the best players from Bolivia. Tahuichi Aguilera did not come to the attention of the world outside South America until 1978 when they won the World Championships in Argentina. However, it was once again in the public eye in June 1994, when they provided the country - who finished second in the 1994 World Cup qualifying - with many of his best football players, including Jaime Moreno, Roly Paniagua, Alvaro Peña, and Joselito Vaca. Surprisingly, Bolivia had moved from being one of the two worst teams in South America, along with Venezuela, to be among the world's best 24 teams. A notable example in the history of football.