La Lucha | The Social Inequalities
Clip: Season 7 Episode 2 | 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Before the trek to La Paz, Marcelo speaks the truth about why they must fight for their rights.
Marcelo Vasquez Bracamonte, one of the leaders of the disability rights movement, speaks to his fellow protestors about why they are trekking to La Paz from Cochabamba. The community is fighting for a pension and their rights to education, labor, transportation and more in which they have been left out in Bolivian society.
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La Lucha | The Social Inequalities
Clip: Season 7 Episode 2 | 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Marcelo Vasquez Bracamonte, one of the leaders of the disability rights movement, speaks to his fellow protestors about why they are trekking to La Paz from Cochabamba. The community is fighting for a pension and their rights to education, labor, transportation and more in which they have been left out in Bolivian society.
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