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Despite splits in the MAS-IPSP movement and attacks on its famous former leader Evo Morales, MIRIAM AMANCAY COLQUE reports that the strong ‘Bartolinas’ element remains resolute and dedicated ahead of its national congress
Protesters march to the Education Ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, March 20, 2023

ON my recent visit to Bolivia, I had the great pleasure of talking with Flora Aguilar, top executive of the National Confederation of Native Indigenous Peasant Women of Bolivia — Bartolina Sisa.

She is a woman of firm conviction who represents the people well and, most importantly, she knows how to communicate.

The CNMCIOB-BS or “Bartolinas” was founded in January 1980. It bears the name of our Aymara heroine Bartolina Sisa, who fought alongside our hero Tupak Katari against the Spanish invaders centuries ago and was viciously tortured and murdered.

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