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Mural commemorating the 1979 "Massacre of Todos Santos," the repression of protests against the military coup by General Alberto Natusch Busch on November 1 (All Saints' Day). [from thesovereignstreet on Instagram: instagram.com/thesovereignstreet/]
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In his first week, Natusch Busch presided over the most rapacious period of killing in recent Bolivian history, but the anti-coup movement weathered over 200 deaths and continued to hold the streets.
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On November 16, congressional leader Lidia Gueiler assumed power, becoming the country's first female president.
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This mural is painted on one wall of the protest encampment set up by political prisoners and surviving family members of the the killed and disappeared during Bolivia's 1964-82 period of military dictatorships.
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The female figures have gathered around a table laden with fruit and before a field of crosses. The text above reads "No nos borren de la historia": Don't erase us from history.
