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“Bolivia historically made and still makes a living from natural resources. Before it was tin, but also silver, gold, and other minerals were plundered by many foreign countries. Europe after the United States.”

Quote by Evo Morales

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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. more

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“Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should be made, taking care of the environment. We should give added value to this natural resource, and generate revenue to fight poverty with more resources, that come from natural resources.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“Some take advantage of natural resources to put the capital in the hands of the few, while some use these natural resources to benefit the majority, as we do in Bolivia.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“70 to 80 percent of country economy is controlled by the Bolivian state, and the other percentage by the private sector. We admit that it's legal, constitutional, that the private sector is entitled to its own economy, but to ensure these profound changes that clearly this government is promoting, including profound changes in the food industry, what we are doing is an important step.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“State control is important for the people who have always been excluded from the claims of social and economic development.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“In Bolivia there are Catholic, Evangelical, Methodist, Baptist churches, and so on. In Bolivia there are indigenous religious beliefs like the rite of Pachamama Mother Earth, which shows us that Mother Earth is our life, we are born out of the Earth we live on the Earth and return to the Earth.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.”

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“With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have therefore adopted the new constitution as a secular state where all religious beliefs will be respected.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“I am Catholic but I want to say something to the Catholics. Thank you for some of the bishops who live in rural areas, and are still Catholic. These bishops of the Catholic churches still pray for the poor, and pray for their president who works for the poor, while the leaders of the Catholic Church only defend oligarchy.”

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Author:Evo Morales

“I'm much more convinced that the hierarchy comes from the monarchy, and that the hierarchy stays apart from the oligarchy. So the oligarchy is hurtful to the majority in Bolivia.”

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Author:Evo Morales