Friday, March 12 brought news of the arrest of Jeanine Áñez and multiple members of her cabinet for their role in 2019's coup and the violent military repres...
One really interesting thing that Evo did when he took power was to pass a new constitution that gave the Wiphala equal standing with the country's traditional tricolor. So you see it flying from public buildings alongside the other flag. This annoys racists to no end.
Yep. They were shouting "somos republica!" because Evo also changed the official name of the country from the Republic of Bolivia to the Plurinational State of Bolivia to recognize the indigenous nations that claimed the land. This also pissed off the racists and ever since just about every right-wing party has made it a plank of their platform to change the name back because they can't tolerate any recognition of the indigenous peoples
I say Evo changed the name, actually it was part of a new constitution written by a constituent assembly that the country overwhelmingly passed in a referendum. Damn authoritarian socialists letting the people write and vote for their own constitution 😤😤😤
Unrelated to the actual video but the Wiphala flag (the rainbow squares) is awesome.
One really interesting thing that Evo did when he took power was to pass a new constitution that gave the Wiphala equal standing with the country's traditional tricolor. So you see it flying from public buildings alongside the other flag. This annoys racists to no end.
When the coup happened there were a few videos of cops/soliders (I can't remember) cutting it off of their uniforms.
Yep. They were shouting "somos republica!" because Evo also changed the official name of the country from the Republic of Bolivia to the Plurinational State of Bolivia to recognize the indigenous nations that claimed the land. This also pissed off the racists and ever since just about every right-wing party has made it a plank of their platform to change the name back because they can't tolerate any recognition of the indigenous peoples
I say Evo changed the name, actually it was part of a new constitution written by a constituent assembly that the country overwhelmingly passed in a referendum. Damn authoritarian socialists letting the people write and vote for their own constitution 😤😤😤