“Those days I was persecuted and in hiding. The masistas wanted to hang me;{{nbsp}}... my children were scattered. Weeks before, we were at the barricades, rain or shine,{{nbsp}}... praying in El Alto;{{nbsp}}... we could no longer resist so much abuse, the mockery of the sovereign vote of the people{{nbsp}}... That is why we have begun to organize ourselves{{nbsp}} ... against that regime, to return democracy to our children{{nbsp}}...”