Evo Honors Birth of Bolivian Indigenous Martyr, Tupac Katari
Published 9 January 2018 (4 hours 56 minutes ago)
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“Today, in 1750, was born in Ayo Ayo, Tupac Katari, who would come to fight against the abuses of colonial rule. He led a powerful Indigenous army, comprised of 40 thousand men and women. He surrounded the old Chuquiago Marka on two different occasions. Glory to our martyr,” Morales said in a Tweet.
“He opened the path to liberation from the colonial yoke,” the tweet continued.
Katari assumed his name to honor Indigenous leaders who died fighting the Spanish centuries earlier, Tupac Amaru, and Tomas Katari.
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The siege was eventually broken by the Spanish, and Katari was arrested and martyred on November 13, his famous last words being “I will return and I will be millions.”
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