Summary

This dashboard summarizes deaths in the Peasant protest domain in the Ultimate Consequences database. All deaths in the dataset are categorized into a general arena of conflict, each of which may involve multiple events and campaigns.

Overall, the database catalogs deaths in Bolivian political conflict during the democratic era, 10 October 1982 to the present. The map to the right shows these deaths broken down by municipality. Politically and administratively, the country is divided into 9 departments, 112 provinces, 340 municipalities and 1,384 cantons.

There have been 9 deadly events involving 33 confirmed deaths and a total of 34 listed deaths in the Peasant domain of protest.

  • Deaths in this domain comprise 5% of all confirmed deaths.
  • Peasant ranks 7 out of 20 domains in the dataset.
  • There were 18 killed by state security forces, and there were 2 state-affiliated victims.
  • The average age of the deceased in this domain is 37.29 years. The youngest was less than 30 days old and the oldest was 70 years old.

The table below can be ordered by any of its variables and searched by the text variables as well as the year. At the bottom you can choose how many events to show, or page through the events. By default, events are ordered chronologically.

Peasant conflict deaths, 1982-2024

Map of deaths by municipality
Deaths
0 – 1
1 – 5
5 – 10
10 – 30
30 – 50
50 – 75
75 – Inf
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Event Table
deaths
event
Year
n
n_state_perp
n_state_victim
n_state_separate
Protest Domain' broad
Presidential Administration
Shooting at San Julián blockade
1984
4
0
0
4
Peasant
Hernán Siles Zuazo
Killing of hacienda owner
1984
1
0
0
1
Peasant
Hernán Siles Zuazo
Omasuyos Death in Custody
1988
1
1
0
0
Peasant
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
INRA Reform March
1996
6
3
0
0
Peasant
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (1st)
CSUTCB mobilization April 2000
2000
4
3
1
0
Peasant
Hugo Banzer (2nd)
CSUTCB mobilization Sep 2000
2000
11
9
0
2
Peasant
Hugo Banzer (2nd)
Oruro CSUTCB clash
2001
1
0
0
1
Peasant
Hugo Banzer (2nd)
Altiplano blockades June 2001
2001
2
2
0
0
Peasant
Hugo Banzer (2nd)
Beni highway blockade
2004
3
0
1
0
Peasant
Carlos Diego Mesa Gisbert

Entries: data/deaths-entries-2024-09-15.rds