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President of Bolivia

Evo Morales, the former President of Bolivia, was born on October 26, 1959. A farmer by origin, he rose to prominence as a leader of the peasant movement and was elected President of Bolivia in 2006, serving until 2019. During his tenure, Morales nationalized the country's oil and gas industry and implemented policies aimed at reducing poverty and promoting social justice.

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“Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic human right. And that is spread around the world.”

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“I'm still convinced. We all fight for freedom, but the foundation of freedom is equality and justice. And we are all on the road.”

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“If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.”

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“Why communitarian socialism? Now not only do we have the pursuit of happiness for man, as a government, as a program or as our principles. But as well to live in harmony with Mother Earth.”

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“We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth.”

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“In this new millennium it is more important to defend the rights of the Mother Earth to guarantee human rights.”

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“We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.”

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“To talk only about national security, national defense, means to be selfish, ambitious. It is discrimination, isolation. "It is just me. What do I care about others?"”

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“Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium in the world.”

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“We welcome private investment, but any company or national firm will be a partner of a venture where the result will go mainly to the Bolivian people. Of course, any investor is entitled to recover their investment and take profits. But be assured that these new functions with our partners will also be reinvested in our country for the benefit of the Bolivian people.”

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“I have no regrets - in fact, I am pleased to have expelled the US ambassador, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and to have closed the US military base in Bolivia. Now, without a US ambassador, there is less conspiracy, and more political stability and social stability. Without the International Monetary Fund, we are better off economically.”

“When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes .... The US uses drug trafficking and terrorism for political control .... We have nationalised the fight against drug trafficking.”

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“I don't accept armed struggle. Maybe it was the way in the '50s and '60s, but we want a democratic revolution.”

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“I don't debate with liars.”

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“We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the planet Earth.”

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“Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.”

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“Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.”

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“Globalization and the neoliberal economic model have already been rejected in Latin America; it simply hasn't been a solution for our people. At the same time, Latin countries like Venezuela and Argentina are anti-imperialist and anti-globalization, and yet their economies are growing again.”

“Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.”

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“Historically, foreign powers have always been the ones to keep Latin nations divided.”

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“The way I see it, it's impossible to change things without encountering resistance.”

Way Impossible Resistance

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“Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.”

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“The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.”

Should Rights Equal Diversity Republic Equal Rights

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“This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.”

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“All of Africa's resources should be declared resources of the state and managed by the nation. Our experience in Bolivia shows that when you take control of natural resources for the people of the town and village, major world change is possible.”

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“Bolivia's majority Indian population was always excluded, politically oppressed and culturally alienated. Our national wealth, our raw materials, was plundered. Indios were once treated like animals here. In the 1930s and 40s, they were sprayed with DDT to kill the vermin on their skin and in their hair whenever they came into the city.”

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“We are going forward with the idea of a multicultural , a multinational state, trying to live in unity, at the same time respecting our diversity...But we need to all come together so we can live united.”

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“We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty.”

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“Capitalism and the thirst for profit without limits of the capitalist system are destroying the planet...Climate change has placed all humankind before a great choice: to continue in the ways of capitalism and death, or to start down the path of harmony with nature and respect for life.”

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“The chicken that we eat is chock-full of feminine hormones. So, when men eat these chickens, they deviate from themselves as men.”

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“Baldness that appears to be normal is a disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of the things they eat; while among the indigenous peoples there are no bald people, because we eat other things.”

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“Almost everyone is bald. And thats because of what they eat.”

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“Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.”

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“Secret bank accounts are for laundering dirty money. Heads of state at the UN should put an end them. That would be the best way of tracking down the drug traffickers.”

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“If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system.”

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“Friends, we have now won....I say to Aymaras, Quechuas, Chiquitaos, and Guaranis: for the first time we are going to be presidents. And I want to say to businesses, intellectual professionals, and artists: do not abandon us.”

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“The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.”

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“The 21st of December marks the end of the time and the beginning of no-time”

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“The worst enemy of humanity is U.S. capitalism. That is what provokes uprisings like our own, a rebellion against a system, against a neoliberal model, which is the representation of a savage capitalism. If the entire world doesn't acknowledge this reality, that the national states are not providing even minimally for health, education and nourishment, then each day the most fundamental human rights are being violated.”

“The relationship between the government of the United States and social and indigenous movements has always been difficult. Not just in Bolivia but worldwide. We need to have bilateral relations characterized by mutual respect.”

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“Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

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“I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.”

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“Imagine what our planet would look like with an increase in temperature of two degrees or four degrees, given that at 0.8 degrees we already have serious problems in the world.”

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“The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia. It's right there in the constitution.”

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“The peoples of the Andes believe in the concept of 'living well' instead of wanting to 'live better' by consuming more, regardless of the cost to our neighbors and our environment.”

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“We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of three basic principles: do not steal, do not lie and do not be idle.”

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“Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth.”

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“We can not have equilibrium in this world with the current inequality and destruction of Mother Earth. Capitalism is what is causing this problem and it needs to end.”

World Needs Ends Problem Earth Mother This World Capitalism Destruction Currents Inequality Can Not Mother Earth Equilibrium

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About the Author

Born: October 26, 1959
Known for: President of Bolivia
Quotes: 98

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