“The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.” Has BeensProcessEconomyCostErrorsCommittedReformPensionBolivia Author:Carlos Mesa
“I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia's number one servant. Servant - one who serves the nation, not one whom the nation serves.” AbleNationsNumbersResponsibilityServantWithout YouBolivia Author:Carlos Mesa
“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.” NeedsStatesGovernmentSocialDifficultUnitedUnited StatesMovementRelationMutualIndigenousMutual RespectBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“I made a boy's mistake, common enough, of thinking that real life was knowing many things and many people, living dangerously in faraway places, crossing the sea, or starting a power company on the Columbia River, a steamship line in Bolivia.” PeopleThinkingMadeRealEnoughLinesCommonMistakeCompanyBoysKnowingSeaRiversStartingReal LifeCrossingsColumbiaBoliviaFaraway Places Author:Mark Helprin
“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.” DifferentGovernmentGoalConstitutionUnityGuaranteesRegionsAutonomyFrameworkLegalityBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“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.” Has BeensEarthNaturalPlanetsResourcesDisasterPassagesCapitalistPlanet EarthPassage Of TimeNatural DisasterIndustrializationBolivia Author:Evo Morales
“When I came back from Bolivia, my Spanish was in some ways as good as my English. I am rusty today. But I am comfortable talking in Spanish. I am not flawless or fluent, but I am comfortable. It takes me a day or two speaking a lot of Spanish to get back into a rhythm.” WayTwoTodayTalkingComfortableRhythmGet BackTake MeFlawlessFluentBolivia Author:David Dewhurst