David Choquehuanca (dah-veed choke-ay-wahn-kah)
vice-president Bolivia
IMAGE SOURCE: “David Choquehuanca will be President for 62 hours.” Blog post. evolibre.com. 12 Dec. 2020. | TEXT SOURCE: “Bolivia’s new Vice President David Choquehuanca called the brotherhood to unity.” La Razón. Nov. 8, 2020.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “It is an obligation to get along, an obligation to dialogue. It is a principle of living well. As the peoples of ancient cultures, of the culture of life, we adhere to our origins stretching from the dawn of remote times…That is why they tell us that we all go together, that no one be left behind, that everyone has everything and no one lacks anything.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What do you understand from your ancient culture?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “The ‘vice’ was shown in a coordinating and mediating role in the campaign.”
IMAGE QUESTION: What are the colors that make you shine?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is a speech to the Bolivian government. The photo is from an online newspaper.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do the words of your People spread through media channels?
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