El Alto is the second-largest city in Bolivia,located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers,with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. It is also the highest major city in the world,with an average elevation of 4,000 m (13,123 ft).
Pantelhó is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico..
Adriana Salvatierra Arriaza is a Bolivian political scientist and politician who served as president of the Senate in 2019. A member of the Movement for Socialism,she served as senator for Santa Cruz from 2015 to 2020 and was a substitute senator for Santa Cruz under Carlos Romero in 2015. At age twenty-nine,Salvatierra was the youngest legislator and third woman to hold the presidency of the Senate and was the youngest individual to ever exert presidential authority,albeit briefly in an acting capacity.
Antonia Wilma Alanoca Mamani is a Bolivian journalist,politician,and television presenter who served as minister of cultures and tourism from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Movement for Socialism,she previously served an El Alto municipal councilor from 2015 to 2017,a position she returned to in 2021.
Jeanine Áñez Chávez is a Bolivian lawyer,politician,and television presenter who served as the 66th president of Bolivia from 2019 to 2020. A former member of the Social Democratic Movement,she previously served two terms as senator for Beni from 2015 to 2019 on behalf of the Democratic Unity coalition and from 2010 to 2014 on behalf of the National Convergence alliance. During this time,she served as second vice president of the Senate from 2015 to 2016 and in 2019 and,briefly,was president of the Senate,also in 2019. Before that,she served as a uninominal member of the Constituent Assembly from Beni,representing circumscription 61 from 2006 to 2007 on behalf of the Social Democratic Power alliance.
Mónica Eva Copa Murga is a Bolivian politician,social worker,and former student leader serving as mayor of El Alto since 2021. As a member of the Movement for Socialism,she previously served as senator for La Paz from 2015 to 2020,during which time she was president of the Senate from 2019 to 2020.
Rafael Arcángel Quispe Flores,often referred to as Tata Quispe,is a Bolivian indigenous activist and politician who served as general executive director of the Indigenous Development Fund from 2019 to 2020. He previously served as a substitute party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz under María Eugenia Calcina from 2015 to 2019.
Club Deportivo Palmaflor del Trópico,best known as Palmaflor del Trópico,is a Bolivian football club based in Villa Tunari,in the Cochabamba Tropic. Founded in 2008,it plays in the first tier of the Cochabamba Association Championship after being relegated from the Bolivian Primera División at the end of the 2023 season.
Yerko Martín Núñez Negrette is a Bolivian agronomist and politician who served as minister of the presidency from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Social Democratic Movement,he previously served as minister of public works from November to December 2019. Throughout his ministerial tenure,Núñez was noted as a key person of influence in the transitional government and a "right-hand" to President Jeanine Áñez,a fellow Beni native. Prior to his appointment,he served as senator from Beni from 2015 to 2019 on behalf of the Democratic Unity coalition. As a member of Beni First,Núñez served as mayor of Rurrenabaque from 2010 to 2014;he previously held the position for two terms from 2000 to 2003 and 2005 to 2010 as part of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement. Núñez's mayoral tenure saw strides made for Rurrenabaque's ecotourism industry,which generated increased economic growth for the city.
Luis Fernando López Julio is a Bolivian businessman,retired military officer,and politician who served as minister of defense from 2019 to 2020. Appointed in the tail end of the 2019 political crisis,López,along with Minister of Government Arturo Murillo,quickly became characterized as the "strong men" of the Jeanine Áñez administration and were implicated in the deadly events at Senkata and Sacaba. López was called to hearings by the Plurinational Legislative Assembly but failed to present himself three consecutive times,ultimately resulting in his censure by the legislature. As per the terms of the Constitution,he was dismissed as minister but,exploiting a loophole in the document's text,he was reappointed just a day later. Soon after,reports revealed his participation in the tear gas case,which accused the ministries of government and defense of irregularly purchasing non-lethal weapons at inflated prices.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira is a Bolivian politician serving as senator for Tarija since 2020. A member of Civic Community,he has been the leader of the First the People civic group —the alliance's primary partner in Tarija—since 2019. As a member of United to Renew,he previously served as mayor of Tarija from 2015 to 2020 and as president of the Tarija Municipal Council from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that,he served as a uninominal member of the Chamber of Deputies from Tarija representing circumscription 46 from 2005 to 2010 and circumscription 49 from 2002 to 2006,on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement,the party of his father,former president Jaime Paz Zamora.
The 2021 El Alto municipal election was held on Sunday,7 March 2021,to elect the mayor and eleven councillors to the El Alto Municipal Council. Incumbent Mayor Soledad Chapetón was eligible to seek a second term but declined for personal reasons. Fourteen fronts presented candidates. In the election,Eva Copa of the Jallalla La Paz civic group handily defeated Movement for Socialism nominee Zacarías Maquera and thirteen other candidates with 68.70% of the vote to become El Alto's mayor.
Santos Quispe Quispe,commonly known as Wayna Mallku,is a Bolivian doctor and politician serving as governor of La Paz since 2021. A member of Forward United People,of which he is the leader,Quispe was a relative unknown in politics until he replaced his late father,the renowned peasant leader Felipe Quispe,as Jallalla La Paz's candidate for the governorship of the La Paz Department. Shortly after winning the election,Quispe terminated his party's pact with Jallalla,establishing a confrontational attitude with the Departmental Assembly for the duration of his term. In early 2022,he was sentenced to house arrest with the right to work after being discovered allegedly intoxicated at his office.
Betty Asunta Tejada Soruco is a Bolivian ecologist,lawyer,and politician who served as president of the Chamber of Deputies from 2013 to 2014. A member of the Movement for Socialism,she served as party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that,she served in the same position from 2002 to 2006 and as a substitute party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from Santa Cruz under Roberto Landívar from 1997 to 2002,on behalf of the right-wing populist New Republican Force.
Martha Yujra Apaza is a Bolivian politician and trade unionist who served as minister of cultures and tourism from 2019 to 2020. A prominent trade union leader in El Alto,Yujra was the only indigenous member of the Jeanine Áñez Cabinet and was the final official to head the Ministry of Cultures and Tourism;the institution was abolished during her term. During her tenure,Yujra's office primarily dealt with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cultural sector,devising means of alleviating the economic ramifications of quarantine measures on artisans and entertainers. She subsequently served as a counselor at the Embassy of Bolivia in Quito from July to November 2020. Prior to serving as minister,Yujra gained notoriety for her fierce opposition to the government of Evo Morales. In 2017,she led a breakaway faction of the pro-government El Alto Regional Workers' Center. As its executive secretary,Yujra aligned the union with the Bolivia Says No alliance,running unsuccessfully to represent La Paz in the Chamber of Deputies in the annulled 2019 general elections.
Bertha Beatriz Acarapi is a Bolivian politician and former television presenter serving as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz since 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism,she previously served as an El Alto municipal councillor from 2000 to 2004 on behalf of the Revolutionary Left Movement and from 2004 to 2010 on behalf of Plan Progress for Bolivia. During her second term,she served as president of the El Alto Municipal Council from 2006 to 2007,becoming the first woman to assume that post. Outside of politics,Acarapi's lengthy career in radio and television journalism led her to join ATB in 2015,becoming one of the country's first high-profile chola indigenous presenters.
The 2021 La Paz municipal election was held in La Paz,Bolivia on Sunday,7 March 2021,involving separate contests for mayor and all eleven municipal council seats. Incumbent mayor Luis Revilla was eligible to seek a third term but declined,leaving the mayoralty an open contest. The election was won by former minister of public works Iván Arias of the alliance,who attained a near absolute majority of 49.52 percent against a field of ten other candidates. On the municipal ballot,Somos Pueblo won 48.04 percent of the vote,winning the six seats needed to exercise a simple majority on the municipal council,with the Movement for Socialism taking the remaining five seats. Revilla's party,Sovereignty and Liberty,lost both the mayoralty and all representation on the municipal council,concluding a twenty-year period of political continuity that started in 2000 with the assumption of Juan del Granado.
Franklin Richar Flores Córdova is a Bolivian politician,trade unionist,and former student leader serving as general manager of the Food Production Support Enterprise since 2021. A member of the Movement for Socialism,he previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz,representing circumscription 18 from 2015 to 2020. Before that,he served as a Sica Sica municipal councillor from 2010 to 2014,during which time he held office as the body's president. In 2021,Flores was his party's candidate for governor of La Paz,placing second in that year's gubernatorial election.
The 2021 La Paz gubernatorial election was held on Sunday,7 March 2021,with a runoff taking place on 11 April 2021,involving separate contests for governor and all forty-five seats in the Departmental Legislative Assembly. Incumbent governor Félix Patzi unsuccessfully sought reelection to a second term,finishing in fourth place with 4.36 percent of the popular vote. The election was won by Jallalla La Paz's Santos Quispe,who attained 55.23 percent of the vote in the second round,defeating Franklin Flores of the Movement for Socialism. On the legislative ballot,the Movement for Socialism won sixteen of the twenty provincial circumscriptions and nine of the twenty party-list seats,retaining its twenty-five seat majority in the Legislative Assembly.
Carol Mireya Montaño Rocha is a Bolivian lawyer,politician,and trade unionist who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz,representing circumscription 11 from 2015 to 2020. A member of the Movement for Socialism,Montaño entered politics as head of the party's youth wing in El Alto,later serving as secretary of organization of the Federation of Neighborhood Councils. Her party's alliance with El Alto's neighborhood councils facilitated Montaño's entry into the Chamber of Deputies. In 2009,she was elected as a substitute deputy representing La Paz's circumscription 14 and in 2014,she became one of the few ruling party parliamentarians to be presented for reelection,this time for a full seat.
