Pachakuti Indigenous Movement

The Pachakuti Indigenous Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti) was an indigenist political party in Bolivia founded in November 2000.[1]

Pachakuti Indigenous Movement
Movimiento Indígena Pachakuti
LeaderFelipe Quispe
Founded2000
Dissolved18 December 2005 (2005-12-18)
IdeologyIndigenismo
Minority politics
Socialism
Aymara nationalism

At the legislative elections in 2002, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and 6 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and none out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Felipe Quispe, won 6.1% of the popular vote.

At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 2.2% of the popular vote and no seats. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Felipe Quispe Huanca, won 2.2% of the popular vote.

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  1. ^ Vanessa Bernal Heredia, Sandra (2009). The Third Nation: A Project of National Identity Formation in Bolivia (Thesis). University of Miami.