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            1. #BoliviaElections Bolivian legislative assemblies will be led by Andrónico Rodríguez, Evo Morales' successor in the Chapare coca grower's union, and Freddy Mamani Laura, a La Paz school teacher who led the National Rural Teachers' Union.
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            While the Chapare coca growers are Evo's base, Freddy Mamani's Magisterio Rural was consistently willing to organize strikes challenging the Morales government.
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          Mamani's politics, as of 2016, reflected the deep traditions of rural teachers: grounded in community life, militantly anti-capitalist, and dedicated to ongoing struggle even under a more friendly government. Interview: la-epoca.com.bo/2016/04/13/consideramos-que-la-educacion-debe-nacionalizarse-definitivamente/
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        Freddy Mamani in 2016: "Where there is no soldier, no policeman, no doctor, the rural teacher is still there, working together with the brother campesino, converting themself into one more member of the community."
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      Freddy Mamani, 2016, re his slate of union leaders: "We are antineoliberal, anticapitalist, anti-imperialist, and revolutionary, and we fight in an unbreakable manner for social equality and to build a society w neither exploited nor exploiters."
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    In 2016, Freddy Mamani criticized "The stubbornness of the entorno of President Evo Morales and of the government itself for not responding in a timely manner to the demands of the various social sectors" and "the arrogance of some MAS leaders" which depleted its strength.
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      As of 2016, Mamani saw "the participation of social movements in the process of change" as the antidote to these tendencies. Their "suggestions and decisions should be binding … which is why one must work from the grassroots up.