Indigenous Flag Of Bolivia

A supporter of the former bolivian president evo morales holding a wiphala flag takes part in a protest in la paz bolivia on thursday.

Indigenous flag of bolivia. This set off much controversy among the general bolivian population at the time. Supporters of bolivian ex president evo morales take part in a march outside the congress in la paz on november 12 2019. Militias in bolivia are burning the indigenous flag in public plazas. Militias gathered and burned the indigenous wiphala flag as policemen cut off this symbol from their uniforms.

1 of the 36 peoples recognised in the country most quechua 49 5 and aymara 40 6 speakers. Aizar raldes afp via getty images. ɡ wiˈpa la is a square emblem commonly used as a flag to represent some native peoples of the andes that include today s peru bolivia ecuador and parts of argentina chile and colombia it is not clear which international body decided to call the wiphala the flag of all andes indigenous people as it is not used in chile by the. By claudia korol truthout published november 13 2019.

In at least two cities security forces opened fire against unarmed native demonstrators. According to the 2012 national census 41 of bolivians over the age of 15 are of indigenous origin although the 2017 projections from the national statistics institute ine indicate that this may now have increased to 48. The country s police uniforms have patches on the left sleeve with the tricolor national flag adopted in 1851 and the wiphala flag an emblem of the indigenous people of the andes region. The wiphala quechua pronunciation.

Bolivia written on 11 may 2020 posted in bolivia. Indigenous people and symbols like the multicolored wiphala flag that represents the many andean indigenous groups and the andean cross or chakana filled the halls of power in bolivia. A supporter of bolivia s ousted president evo morales is wrapped in the wiphala flag during a memorial for a fellow supporter who died after clashes with security forces at the entrance of sacaba.