Rafael Quispe

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Rafael Arcangel Quispe Flores (born 24 October 1969) is a Bolivian community leader, politician and current head of the Fund for Indigenous Development after appointment by Jeanine Áñez.[1] He was born in Ayllu Sicuypata on 24 October 1969 in the department of La Paz.[2]

He is a mallku (traditional leader) and became leader of National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Cullasuyu (CONAMAQ), a body of traditional leaders representing collective land-holdings (ayllus) and regions (markas) from throughout the Aymara realm (Cullasuyu).[3] In March 2014, he reported that the then Executive Secretary of the Federation of Peasant Women Bartolina Sisa de La Paz, Felipa Huanca, was part of the mulimillion dollar embezzlement of the liquidated Indigenous Fund.[4] He is currently a member of the Chamber of Deputies for UD (Unidad Demócrata).[2] He has been a vocal critic of the Evo Morales government for many years.[3]

He is also well known for his humorous and polemic style of politics, pulling many stunts, including giving "a "basic level" Aymara language translation dictionary to President Evo Morales when the debate about the authorities speaking his native language was in vogue"[4] Although Morales is ethnically Aymara, he does not speak the language.[5] In the run-up to the 2019 election, he delivered a tray of eggs to Vice President Linera to boost Linera's brainpower if he were to take up the challenge of facing Quispe in a debate.[6]

On 1 January 2020, Quispe reported economic damage through corruption of Bs 121 million ($17.5 million) to the Fund for Indigenous Development during the previous Morales administration via hundreds of projects that were never completed despite money being distributed.[7] On 12 February 2021, Quispe, then a candidate for governor of La Paz, was sentenced to two years in prison for political harassment.[8] The case was on behalf of Felipa Huanca who claimed that Quispe's allegations of corruption while she was running for governor in the 2015 subnational elections influenced her loss.

References[]

  1. ^ "Añez posesiona a Quispe como director del Fondioc - Diario Pagina Siete". www.paginasiete.bo.
  2. ^ a b "Rafael Arcangel Quispe Flores". Cámara de Diputados. June 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Beyond Extraction: An Interview With Rafael Quispe". NACLA.
  4. ^ a b "Rafael Quispe, el lado humorístico y polémico de la política - Diario Pagina Siete". www.paginasiete.bo.
  5. ^ "Quispe quiere frenar a Evo porque "no habla aymara" | El Alteño". www.elalteno.com.bo.
  6. ^ "El diputado Rafael Quispe reitera pedido de debate a Álvaro García Linera". Los Tiempos. June 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "Daño económico en el Fondo Indígena llega a 121 millones de bolivianos - JORNADA". www.jornada.com.bo (in Spanish).
  8. ^ "Rafael Quispe es condenado a dos años de cárcel por el caso acoso político". www.paginasiete.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-12.


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