| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
Bolivien. Calls Mount for Release of Afro-Bolivian Coca Union Leader Elena Flores
Bolivien. Calls Mount for Release of Afro-Bolivian Coca Union Leader Elena Flores
In Bolivia, activists are calling for the release of Afro-Bolivian union leader Elena Flores, who has been behind bars for over a month. Supporters say Flores, the first woman and first Afro-Bolivian leader of the local coca leaf growers union, was targeted as part of a crackdown on social movements and indigenous groups by the government of right-wing interim President Jeanine Áñez, who took power after the ouster last year of President Evo Morales. (Democracy Now!, USA, 14.04.2020)
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/headlines/calls_mount_for_release_of_afro_bolivian_coca_union_leader_elena_flores