Etelvina Ramos Mamani

Eloy Rojas Mamani, right, gestures toward his wife Etelvina Ramos Mamani are shown standing next to each other with Eloy wearing a dark suit and Etelvina wearing a white top.

'October Massacre' victims' trial highlights traumas in Bolivia

December 19, 2019

Tensions between Bolivia's white ruling elite and Indigenous populations underlie current allegations of human rights abuses by an ex-president — one that are being heard in a US courtroom in what lawyers say is the first such case involving a living former head of state facing his accusers.

'October Massacre' victims' trial highlights traumas in Bolivia

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