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)
There will not be zero coca, but there will be zero cocaine.
Thank you very much. I'd like to visit you, Mr. President.
This is a democratic revolution and we will answer the Bolivian people's call.
They're won't be zero coca, but there will by zero drug trafficking.
This is a political and social triumph as well as a union triumph and shows that our struggle has not been in vain.
The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere.
That's how life is in peasant families. What luck that three of us survived!
We are here to share in the fight that starts in the communities and barrios.
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.
We never requested this auction to be set back as it's important for the country. It's important that we seek investment.
I haven't come here to ask for anything, just for advice and orientation. He (Silva) is a great companion of mine. As a Latin American, he is my brother.
In 2005, before I was president, the state of Bolivia had only $300 million from hydrocarbons. Last year, 2007, the Bolivian state - after the nationalization, after changing the law - Bolivia received $1,930 million. For a small country with nearly 10 million inhabitants, this allows us to increase the national economy.
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.