Evo Morales
Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, popularly known as Evo, is a Bolivian politician and cocalero activist who has served as President of Bolivia since 2006. Widely regarded as the country's first president to come from the indigenous population, his administration has focused on the implementation of leftist policies, poverty reduction, and combating the influence of the United States and multinational corporations in Bolivia. A democratic socialist, he is the head of the Movement for Socialismparty...
NationalityBolivian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 October 1959
CityOrinoca, Bolivia
CountryBolivia (Plurinational State of)
We are here to resolve social problems, economic problems. This movement is not only in Bolivia; Fidel in Cuba and Hugo in Venezuela are logging triumphs in social movements and leftist policies.
We are here to resolve social problems, economic problems.
I forgive the people in the White House for their numerous humiliations and accusations. I forgive because we must embark, through dialogue, on the search for peace and social justice.
This is a political and social triumph as well as a union triumph and shows that our struggle has not been in vain.
If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.
Sooner or later we will reach a point where communitarian socialism turns global because capitalism is not even the solution to capitalism itself.
We are going to change Bolivia, we are going to change Latin America.
We will always be open to dialogue. We can talk with Bush, but also with (Cuban President) Fidel Castro.
We were right when we denounced the episode and when we tried to impeach the Commander in Chief (President Eduardo Rodriguez). The facts prove now that we were right.
We are here to share in the fight that starts in the communities and barrios.
We never requested this auction to be set back as it's important for the country. It's important that we seek investment.
It is something we will have to deal with. We will deepen investigation and the Justice will have to try army officers under charges of treason .
The people who are responsible must be punished harshly. Disarming a country and its armed forces really is a crime.
We are going to strengthen relations with state oil companies ... We are going to guarantee that partners have all the right to recover their investment.