Silence is often the first symptom of dictatorships. Before the rifles, fear, censorship and persecution come. Later, the country learns to speak quietly. This was the case in Bolivia on July 17, 1980, when the military broke into power and forcibly shut down a democratic process that sought to open its way after years of instability. What followed was much more than a change of government: it was the establishment of terror as a political instr…
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Silence is often the first symptom of dictatorships. Before the rifles, fear, censorship and persecution come. Later, the country learns to speak quietly. This was the case in Bolivia on July 17, 1980, when the military broke into power and forcibly shut down a democratic process that sought to open its way after years of instability. What followed was much more than a change of government: it was the establishment of terror as a political instr…