Pachakutik, From Insurgency and Persecution to Co-Optation and Opportunism

The wiphala is an emblem of Andean origin, used by various indigenous peoples, especially in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. It is a symbol of indigenous resistance, unity and pride. A quadrangular flag divided into 49 paintings, coloured diagonally with seven colors of the rainbow, which in its political journey has blurred its original to become a multicolor palette of opportunism. The Plurinational Unity Movement Pachak…