Survivors of dictatorships that ruled Bolivia between 1964 and 1982 started a live-in protest 10 years ago, yet their demands seem no closer to being met
In 2012, fearing the country was moving on without a reckoning, they built the hut and moved in: a permanent protest to demand justice for the crimes committed against them.
After its dictatorships, Bolivia had little transitional justice. When Evo Morales and the Movimiento al Socialismo came to power in 2006, many victims believed the time had come, but ultimately, little changed: the military archives remained closed, and the government offered only partial reparations to the estimated 6,000 victims.
“We all supported it, we all agreed,” said Victoria López, who leads the activists today. “But we never thought it would last so many years, that it would entail so much suffering.” Once a week, the activists gather to plan their next move. They are onetime politicians and union leaders, as well as teachers, miners andThe makeshift hut in front of the ministery of justice at 4000m altitude. Inside there is a meeting room, with a kitchen to one side and a bedroom to the other.In 2017, after five years in the hut, the activists achieved one of their goals: a truth commission.
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