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Bolivian opposition declares Pachamama unwelcome in palace
LA PAZ – “Pachamama will never return to the palace,” said Luis Fernando Camacho, leader of the Bolivian opposition movement that forced the Bolivian president out of office on Sunday. “Bolivia belongs to Christ.”
Pachamama is a goddess worshiped in the religion of the indigenous Andean peoples of South America. Her banishment from Bolivia’s halls of power signals a rise of an overtly pro-Christian, anti-indigenous sentiment in the country after 13 years of rule by a member of the Aymara culture.