Domitila barrios de chungara
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Domitila Barrios dem Chungara was born on May 7th 1937 in Potosí. She was the daughter of a miner and married a miner. Her mother died when she was young so she grew up raising her fem younger sisters. Later, she had sju children. Using her experience with poor conditions for miners, she stepped up and became leader of the Housewives’ Committee in the 1960s. They sought to improve the working conditions for their husbands and their families, along with resolving/improving many other issues. She died on March 13, 2012 at the age of 74. There was a three day mourning for her.
Domitila survived the 1967 San Juan massacre. The massacre had taken place at a tin mine in Bolivia called Siglo XX. While the people were having fun festivities th • • Bolivians paid tribute this week to Domitila Barrios de Chungara, long-time social activist, union leader, feminist, revolutionary, and national heroine who died March 13 in Cochabamba at age 74. She is best known as the miner’s wife who led a hunger strike in 1978 that brought down the dictatorship of General Hugo Bánzer, paving the way for the return of Bolivian democracy. Credit: Ben Achtenberg, refugemediaproject.org“The democracy that we have been living since 1982 is thanks to Domitila,” said Filemón Escobar, an original founder and ex-Senator of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) party. President Evo Morales declared three days of national mourning and awarded Domitila the posthumous Condor of the Andes honor, the highest distinction the state can confer on a Bolivian citizen. Domitila’s life is a testimony to Bolivia’s tragic history of exploitation, repression, colonialism, and patriarchalism, but also to the power of
Si Me Permiten Hablar... Domitila
De este libro, Domitila no está acreditada como la autora, sino otra mujer. La verdad, es que aunque otra mujer haya compilado el libro, creo que Domitila se lleva casi todo el crédito por este libro y todo lo que narra en él. Domitila Barrios de Chúngara es una de las mujeres que más admiro y que más he admirado en mi vida. Antes de hablarles en sí del libro, quiero hablarles de quien fue Domitila y lo que significó esta mujer para la historia de Bolivia.
Domitila Barrios de Chúngara era la esposa de un minero y vivía en Siglo XX, una comunidad minera de Bolivia. Tenía siete hijos y participaba activamente en los comités sindicales. Domitila nunca tuvo una vida sencilla, los rigores el ritmo de vida minero acabaron con su madre cuando ella era apenas una niña, su padre estaba metido en política y tratabajaba como sastre de la policía minera. Ya casaba, viviendo en el pueblo que la había vis Remembering Domitila: Making Bolivian History