1 Bolivia y Ecuador “También la lluvia” (2010)

2 Ecuador Nombre oficial: República de EcuadorIndependencia: 1822 Gran Colombia; 1830 país Capital: Quito Moneda: USD Idioma: español, kichwa, shuar Población: 16.14mm Étnica: 71% mestizo, 7.4% montubio, 7.5% afroecuadoriano, 7% indígena, 6% blanco

3 Bolivia Nombre oficial: Estado plurinacional de BoliviaIndependencia: 1825 Capital: Sucre Moneda: Boliviano Idioma: español, quechua, aimara, guaraní Población: 11.4mm Étnica: 62% indígena, 23% mestizo, 14% blanco,

4 Colonial Period Cristoforo Colombo (1451-1506)Made 4 voyages to America Believed he had reached Asia until his death ¿Indigenous? – Mixed feelings about treatment of indigenous by Spanish

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6 Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566)Dominican Friar “Protector of the Indians” “Haciendado “ - Land owner Bishop of Chiapas, Mex Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias (1522) Valladolid Debates ( )

7 Cover of the first edition of the Brevísima, which documented for the first time the grim details of Spanish treatment of the indigenous in the Americas

8 Antonio de Montesinos (1475-1545)Dominican friar Lived on Hispañola island (present day Haiti/DR) Dec – Sermon Withheld religious rites His work lead to the Laws of Burgos, which was the first set of laws made by Spain regarding treatment of indigenous Americas (1512)

9 Sermon excerpt: “Tell me by what right of justice do you hold these Indians in such a cruel and horrible servitude? On what authority have you waged such detestable wars against these people who dealt quietly and peacefully on their own lands? Wars in which you have destroyed such an infinite number of them by homicides and slaughters never heard of before. Why do you keep them so oppressed and exhausted, without giving them enough to eat or curing them of the sicknesses they incur from the excessive labor you give them, and they die, or rather you kill them, in order to extract and acquire gold every day”

10 Los personajes - Costa

11 Los personajes – Costa y Sebastián

12 Los personajes - Daniel/Atuey

13 Los personajes – Las Casas y Montesinos

14 Cochabamba Water Wars Cochabamba (or Quchapampa) – 3rd largest city in Bolivia Population: Metro area 1.9mm ppl Political/Economic Background: End of military dictatorship in 1985 caused hyperinflation to Bolivian economy Privatization of utilities to foreign for-profit companies: Railways, airlines, telephone services, H2O Major protests Dec ‘99-April 2000

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17 Cochabamba Water Wars Resolution: Water crisis was resolved when the the Bolivian govt. gave into the demands of protestors that blocked major highways throughout the country Repeal of Law 2029, which gave Bolivian govt. the right to privatize utilities, such as water to companies Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochabamba_Water_War