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For me, being leftist means fighting against injustice and inequality but, most of all, we want to live well.

Evo Morales

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Evo Morales
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 26
Politician
President Of Bolivia
Trade Unionist
Juan Evo Morales Aima
Juan Evo Morales Ayma
Injustice
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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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Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty.
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I learned that the political is above the legal, that's why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that.
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Almost everyone is bald. And thats because of what they eat.
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The new republic should be based on diversity, respect and equal rights for all.
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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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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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Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.
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I'm just the democratic voice of Bolivia.
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I am sure of the fact that Fidel and Chávez are commanders of the forces of freedom in America, to liberate America and the world.
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Chavez's oil is unimportant for Bolivia... We are not dependent on Venezuela. We complement each other. Venezuela shares its wealth with other countries, but that doesn't make us subordinate.
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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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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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[In Bolivia] We want to overcome our historical problems with Chile. The sea has divided us and the sea must bring us back together again.
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We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right.
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The 21st of December marks the end of the time and the beginning of no-time
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I have a lot of hope for the Constituent Assembly.
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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.
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We nationalize hydrocarbons, so now the economy is improving and the fight against poverty is also improving in Bolivia.
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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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