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Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.

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
America
Latin
Capitalism
Hurt

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The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.
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Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.
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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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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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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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This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.
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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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