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#BoliviaEnCrisis #HumanRights On average, Bolivian police and military were responsible for 7.6 deaths in political conflict per year since 1982. Under Evo Morales, that figure fell to just 2.4.Permalink On twitter.com
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Altogether, 137 people died in social movement-related events during the fourteen years of Morales’ presidency, and a close runner-up to President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada’s fourteen-month death toll of 139. Very different paces.On twitter.com
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In nearly all other respects, the Morales years were quantitatively very different from Sánchez de Lozada, and more in line with the 1982–1999 period of limited violence in Bolivian political life.Permalink On twitter.com
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The Bolivian state is not the only perpetrator of political violence. In fact, the police and military perpetrated just a little more than half (284; 51%) of all deaths recorded in the database. Another 69 (12%) were deaths inflicted upon the security forces.Permalink On twitter.com
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The 106 deaths caused under the 2002-03 Sánchez de Lozada administration greatly exceeds the 36 caused by the army and police under Hugo Banzer, the 33 under Evo Morales, and the 28 under Sánchez de Lozada’s prior term.Permalink On twitter.com
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Evo Morales had the 4th lowest average: 2.4 deaths/y caused by security forces. The presidents w/ lower averages, Eduardo Rodríguez Veltze (zero), Hernán Siles Zuazo (0.7/year), and Carlos Mesa (1.8/year) had—like Morales—vowed to have no such bloodshed on their watch.Permalink On twitter.com
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More in this blog post: The Evo Morales Administration and Lethal Political Violence woborders.blog/2020/03/12/evo-and-lethal-political-violence/Permalink On twitter.com
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Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada’s second term stands out from all others (116 deaths per calendar year), only distantly followed by Jorge Quiroga’s one-year term (32/year) and Hugo Banzer’s 1997–2001 term (24–31/year). Evo Morales’ presidency had 9.9 deaths per year.Permalink On twitter.com
