Bolivian Voices

Note: Voces Bolivianas seeks to support Bolivians from underrepresented groups and regions so that they can create their own blogs, so that voices from those groups and regions are heard. This begins a series of “spotlights” on blogs that already exist from these Bolivians.

Blog from Yapacani is written by a blogger who goes by the pseudonym “Idolo”. Originally from the Department of Cochabamba, he now teaches at a local school in the community. Yapacani, with an estimated population of 31,000, is located in the Department of Santa Cruz, located approximately 120 km from the city of Santa Cruz.

Here is an excerpt of a translated blog article about a sparsely attended rally in support of autonomy in the community of Yapacani. Read the rest of the article here.

I just finished playing in an inter-university tournament here in Little Bolivia or Yapacani. After finishing the game, which fortunately we won, I heard firecrackers coming from the main plaza. As I am curious, I went to see what was happning. I was some “pelados” (kids) who were throwing rocks and launching firecrakers towards the crowd. Today this happpened because the autonomists, who number very few her, put on a small act in the place. They planned to have a raffle and some prizes, but more than anything to ask people to sign the petition for autonomy. I still don’t know how this small conflict started, but there were no wounded or anything very serious.