ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the fight of the Bolivian disability activists as a fight about disability rights and an adequate pension and consequently a fight about social citizenship. It aims to get a deeper understanding of the disability activists’ fight for acknowledgement as citizens in Bolivian society. The chapter examines the 2012 and 2016 protests through the narrative of one of the leaders of the 2012 protests, Carlos Mariaca, who gave permission for the interview on which this narrative is based to be used and stated clearly that he did not want to be anonymized. It describes the disability rights activists involved in each of the marches, as there was little overlap between the two mobilizations. Finally, the chapter illustrates that even though the protests in 2012 and 2016 had different political tactics and strategies, resulting in different outcomes, they remained similar in nature, structure and intent.
