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Túpac Katari Indian Movement – 1

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The Túpac Katari Indian Movement – 1 (Spanish: Movimiento Indio Túpac Katari – 1; MITKA-1) was an Indigenous political party in Bolivia.

In 1980, Constantino Lima Chávez split from the Túpac Katari Indian Movement and founded the Túpac Katari Indian Movement-1. Constantino Lima Chávez adhered to a more extreme line which bordered on outright racism, rejected religious precepts and the validity of political divisions into 'left' or 'right', and maintained that 99% of change would be achieved through the use of violence. [1]

The MITKA-1 took part in the 1980 elections, running Constantino Lima Chávez. He polled 1.30 per cent of the vote. [2]

In 1985 the MITKA-1 disappeared.

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  1. ^ James Dunkerley. Rebellion in the veins: political struggle in Bolivia, 1952-82. Verso, 1984. P.215.
  2. ^ Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 2. [Oxford] [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. P. 151.