The Jungle Issue 86
The jungle issue #86 ROTTED IN HISTORY Text: Amaru Villanueva Rance Illustration: Mila Araoz ‘La tierra es de quien la trabaja’— ’The land belongs to those who work it’, proclaimed the Zapatistas at the turn of the 20th Century, as Emiliano Zapata spearheaded the historical movement which we now remember as the Mexican Revolution. 40 years later, this same slogan propelled Bolivian campesinos to demand broad socioeconomic changes in a country which hadn’t yet granted them basic citizenship rights, let alone recognised they made up over 70% of the country’s population. A broad- sweeping Agrarian Reform followed in 1953, giving these peasants unprecedented ownership and control over the land they worked on. The Bolivian Revolution of 1952 also enfranchised women and those considered illiterate (a convenient proxy for campesinos), causing a fivefold increase in the number of people eligible to vote. Bolivian Express editorial issue 30 - 2013 full editorial @ bolivianexpress.org 4 The jungle issue 5 Table of Contents # The jungle issue Directors 86 Amaru Villanueva Rance, Ivan Rodriguez Petkovic, Rodrigo Barrenechea, Sharoll Fernandez, Caroline Risacher Partners Jack Kinsella, Xenia Elsaesser Editorial Team Caroline Risacher, Matthew Grace, Juan Victor Fajardo BX docunit Sergio Suárez, Changtse Quintanilla, Raquel Jiménez, Paul Etienne Printing and Advertising Manager Mennonites Ivan Rodriguez Petkovic Commercial Manager in the Jungle Shifting focus Rodrigo Barrenechea 10 14 Coordinator Wilmer Machaca Social Coordinator Caroline Risacher A Refuge Head of Production Adriana L. Murillo Argandoña for Bolivia’s Head of Design Luis Aranda The Fiesta de San Mistreated Photography Instructor Manuel Seoane Ignacio de Moxos Wildlife Journalism Instructor 16 18 Reynaldo Gonzales Journalists Rafaela Alford, Leigh Anderson, Milo Clenshaw, Chris Lunnon, Adriana L.
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