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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

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.