Shortly after winning the election, Santos Quispe terminated his party's pact with Jallalla, establishing a confrontational attitude with the Departmental Assembly for the duration of his term.
16 Facts About Santos Quispe
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Santos Quispe was born on 26 November 1982 in Achacachi, La Paz, the youngest of seven siblings born to Felipe Quispe, "the Mallku", a renowned Aymara peasant leader.
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Santos Quispe was raised in the Aymara community of Chilijaya in the Achacachi municipality, where he resided for the majority of his life.
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Santos Quispe studied abroad in Cuba at the Latin American School of Medicine, graduating with a bachelor's degree in medicine in 2012.
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In 2014, together with his father, Santos Quispe participated in the formation of Forward United People, a political party which, by 2021, lacked legal status with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to participate in elections.
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Santos Quispe characterized himself as the only candidate capable of fulfilling his father's legacy and stated that, if Jallalla failed to choose him, it would constitute a "betrayal" of the Mallku.
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Santos Quispe was sworn in as governor of the La Paz Department on 3 May 2021.
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Santos Quispe responded by affirming that Jallalla could not expel him because, as the leader of APU, he was never even a member of that group.
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Apart from the break with Jallalla, Santos Quispe was involved in a further six separate controversies within his first month in office.
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The victim of the accident, Jaime Jimenez Torrez, alleged that Santos Quispe was in the vehicle at the time of the crash, a claim denied by his office.
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Santos Quispe denounced political persecution and decried a plot by his opponents to remove him from office.
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Santos Quispe admitted to drinking, but assured that had not been doing so in his office.
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Santos Quispe denied the allegations against him and claimed that the beer cans had been planted there by the opposition.
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Additionally, Santos Quispe was required to post Bs70,000 bail, comply with mandated sobriety, was barred from entering establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold or from leaving the country, and was prohibited from meeting with the nine individuals alleged to have accompanied him on the night he was arrested, or with any of the complainants in his case.
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Santos Quispe thanked the judge for his decision and affirmed his continued innocence.
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Santos Quispe confirmed that he had no intentions of resigning from office.