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On the day of his investiture, Damián Condori poses with his parents wearing traditional Andean fabric: "Thanks to my parents for giving me life. My cradle is humble and my dreams are immense. Today, a Quechua is the governor of Chuquisaca." @noticiasfides/1389387426502746113Permalink On twitter.com
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Condori's path to the governor's office was long and winding, beginning with union leadership roles, enduring rejection by the MAS-IPSP party and founding his own, imprisonment on dubious grounds, and finally election. @CarwilBJ/1381736868086226945Permalink On twitter.com
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Condori's passionate embrace of his indigenous ancestry signals how far Chuquisaca has traveled since the racist outrage of May 2008. woborders.blog/2010/04/29/sucres-political-elite-faces-prosecution-for-may-2008-humiliations/ But not so far that a literal fascist, Horacio Poppe, wasn't the runner-up candidate in Sucre's mayoral election.On twitter.com