A year ago in the midst of the U.S.-backed military coup in Bolivia, left-wing mayor Patricia Arce was captured, beaten, had paint thrown on her, her hair chopped off and was paraded through the streets by right-wing thugs who wanted to intimidate supporters of Evo Morales and the Movement Towards Socialism.
Yesterday, she was elected Senator.
I think the opinion on him here is split tbh https://hexbear.net/post/41081/comment/351077
After this tho. Yikes. That kinda pushed me over the edge.