Open AccessFighting the witches of the plurinational State. The occult dimension of the conflict between Potosi and Morales government (2015 - 2019)
Author(s) -
Pascale Absi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
población y sociedad/población and sociedad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.22
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1852-8562
pISSN - 0328-3445
DOI - 10.19137/pys-2020-270205
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , popularity , politics , state (computer science) , presidential system , political science , rumor , media coverage , political economy , public administration , sociology , law , history , media studies , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , algorithm , computer science
In 2015, while the town of Potosi was beginning its longest blockade in history to denounce lack of public investment, rumor spread that the government was sending witches to stem the discontent. Therefore, a group of healing women decided to organize a counter attack. In October 2019, during the controversial presidential elections, they got back into action. The purpose of th is article is to analyze Bolivia’s former government witchcraft allegations and the responses they brought forward as a political and moral discourse about the State in the context of Evo Morales's declining popularity.