Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Bolivian Studies Journal/Revista de Estudios Bolivianos
Publication Date
11-25-2024
Abstract
The Bolivian crisis of 2019 was unleashed with accusations of electoral fraud against Evo Morales, then president and presidential candidate in the elections of October 20, 2019. Soyelgas covered this period for the La Paz newspaper Página Siete, working together with several other foreign and local journalists. “Soyelgas” is the artistic name of Gastón Brito Miserocchi, a Bolivian-Italian photographer who covered the most critical period of the post-electoral conflicts of 2019. His generous testimony as a first-hand witness is a valuable contribution to the analysis of the 2019 conflicts, since that allows us to glimpse a perspective rarely exposed: that of press workers, who carried out their work in conditions of risk and insecurity in the midst of a period of extreme polarization of Bolivian society. The photo gallery titled “2019 Elections and Post-Election Crisis” in this special edition, curated by Ximena Córdova and Ximena Postigo, offers a sample of his photographic work on the events of 2019.
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ISSN
Publisher
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
First Page
333
Last Page
348
Disciplines
Communication
Keywords
Soyelgas, Bolivian crisis, post-electoral conflicts, journalism, photography
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Oviedo, Ximena Córdova, "Entrevista a Soyelgas, fotógrafo de los conflictos del 2019" (2024). All Works. 6949.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/6949
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no
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series