IN STEREO

Well, I was involved in blocking roads, right? And we went out in the marches in protest, and especially the blockades. We saw the dawn in the cold, hungry, walking from the centre, going on foot to Karachipampa every day. I went as far as that, demonstrating like that, many times in tears, asking for the government to listen to us. In the demonstrations, we used firecrackers and words – maybe strong words: “Die, de facto government,” “Die, dictator,” “Evo the bastard.” It really happens like that; that’s what we broadcast. It’s a matter of anger, isn’t it? Because he’s not actually giving us anything; he doesn’t listen to our requests. In other words, he’s a coward, because they don’t come here. We said, “Damn, during their electoral campaign, they come for a while as if nothing happened.”

They’ll sit down and say, “What do you want?" We made puppets and burned them, representing the political leaders. We burned them and showed the press. The dynamite is, as we usually say, ‘dynamite pups’ – smaller. They’re light, then. We always have our cigarette, or lighter, and the ‘puppies’ of dynamite. We ignite the spark and that’s it. Those are drastic measures, because going through letters, some notifications and whatnot, the government ignores those. It gets stubborn or wants to enforce its idea: the government is always right. They do not remain in the dialogue. They break it, because they do not agree to different requests, do they? When the dialogue is broken, it’s broken. The drastic measures are drastic measures. – Lorenzo