History. Both Bolivia and Peru share a common history in the fact that both nations were once part of the Inca Empire and then as part of the Spanish Empire.
The idea of uniting both countries was the general idea of several influential political leaders in Peru including Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Jos Mara Pando, Manuel Lorenzo de Vidaurre, Agustn Gamarra, among others who sought to reintegrate the two Perus, disagreeing only in the form of the union : ...